Enghøj Church

Abstract

Although part of a new estate, the church appears to stand alone in the landscape. The building is concealed and enveloped by greenery, such as one only otherwise sees in castles set in open landscape. The complex stands on a hill. The plateau is square in form and enclosed by a wall. This enclosure is, however, both defined and compromised by three objects: on the north side a low elongated building; on the south side a hump presses into the square; on the west side the church projects from the square. Only the side to the east remains free for the entrance. The larger and taller building serves as the church, the smaller lower one for other functions. There is no tower. Instead a bell hangs at one end of the low building, which from the courtyard looks like a row of almost identical houses.