Den Oldenhof

English translation

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Description

MAIN BUILDING. House on rectangular plan, with cellar, of two storeys, under roof with box gutter, and with two later truncated gabled roofs. Originally seventeenth century, modified at the end of the eighteenth century. The house with spacious forecourt is situated at the edge of an island, which is planted with lime trees on the west and east sides. The white rendered front facade is eight window bays wide and is terminated with a simple cornice. The windows on both storeys are 45-pane windows on the bel-etage, and 30-pane sash windows on the first storey respectively. At the bottom natural stone drip mouldings. The windows are fitted with shutters. In the axis the double, panelled entrance door, with 15-pane fanlight, between wooden bossed pilasters and under a cornice in Louis XVI style for which a step has been made, whereby the last restoration has created an access to the cellar. Above the second, fourth and sixth window bays roof dormers with cornices and trim boards. The roof is covered with black glazed tiles, on both the front and rear sides. On both roofs four chimneys under roof-head caps. The side facade facing north, likewise white rendered, originally a pointed gable, but truncated at the end of the 18th century, has two 6-pane sash windows and a natural stone cloistery window. The rear facade facing west is unrendered and likewise has seven window bays. On either side of the extension placed in the middle on both storeys 6- and 4-pane sash frames respectively with shutters. The extension, originally dating from around 1788 and originally covered with a roof-head roof, but later raised with an additional storey, has three window bays. On the bel-etage French doors with a 24-pane arrangement, each fitted with ironwork and shutters, above which the semicircular fanlights with glazing bars: on the first storey 4-pane sash frames. Above the cornice with consoles on the second, fourth and sixth window bays roof dormers are likewise placed. The side facade facing south, unrendered, with an originally 24-pane sash frame and among others two reconstructed cloistery windows, at the bottom fitted with shutters.