The site today

Access to the Kingma State estate began at the road along the canal. At the beginning of the driveway, which was lined with a belt of trees, stood a small house that is marked as ‘Zomerhuis’ (summer house) on a plan of the state grounds. At the time it served as a tea house on the water. The house still stands and is privately occupied. Since 1971 it has been a listed national monument, together with the remains of the garden wall and the gateway, described in the register as the ‘porter’s lodge of the former Kingma State with remains of the garden wall’.

The driveway (‘singel’) can still be clearly traced in the landscape. Parallel to the driveway, there was an access canal that could be used to reach Kingma State by boat. The ‘kerkpad’ or ‘church path’ that ran from the Salverderweg to the Regina church in Zweins featured a stone bridge that crossed the canal. The bridge has since been demolished and the path has been paved and is now called the Hoofdweg. Only a ditch remains of the access canal.

The edge of the wooded site where Kingma State stood is formed by a wide strip of grass. A wide strip of grass lined with avenue trees also runs roughly through the middle of the grounds. Parts of the original moat around the gardens of the state can still be seen clearly on the site.

Since 4 October 2021 the wooded plot where the state stood has also been owned by the Herstel Kingma State foundation (Kingma State Restoration Foundation), which had already bought the surrounding land. The foundation wants to make it a country estate again, with a residential island where the terp used to be. Since 2025 the grounds can be visited along a walking route with information boards. More about this on Restoring Kingma State and on www.kingmastatetekoop.nl.