Woonhuis, Oranjestraat 4

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Description

Introduction.

Building block from circa 1875 on a rectangular plan consisting of two former mansions at the corner of Amaliastraat and Oranjestraat, designed by architect J.J. Delia in eclectic style. Recently both mansions (formerly numbered 2b/4) have been connected to one another for the present office use. Description.

Building block with two former substantial mansions behind a symmetrical facade design consisting of a basement, low ground floor, principal floor, high second storey and low third storey beneath a continuous low mansard roof, eight window bays wide and three window bays deep. Modern dormer windows have been added above the cornice of the front and rear facades in the mansard roof. The ground floor of the front facade and right side facade is clad with rusticated stone and is terminated by a stone string course. For the remainder, the facades are executed in fair-faced brickwork. The second outermost window bay on both sides of the front facade is treated as a risalite and contains the entrance (the left entrance, the former number 2b, was replaced by a window during the conversion to office use). The risalites have a stone balcony on stone consoles at the principal floor, fitted with a wooden balustrade. All windows of the front facade and detached right side facade, except those on the ground floor, have moulded surrounds with ears and on the storeys of the front facade window sills on consoles. The principal floor windows in the risalites of the front facade carry a slight segmental arch cornice on consoles; the storey windows in the risalites have stucco pediments. Main cornice with egg moulding as termination of the frieze and decorated blocks and rosettes beneath the cornice. Multiple windows have cast-iron window guards. The double door in the right risalite dates from the time of construction. The rear facade with four- and six-pane windows is considerably simpler in execution than the detached side facade and front facade. Against the rear facade are wooden conservatories at the height of the principal floor, into which modern glass fronts have been inserted. In the interior, on the principal floor the internal walls between front and rear rooms have been removed and replaced by a passage largely executed in glass. In the stairwell a staircase from the time of construction with wooden balusters, furthermore stucco along the walls with figurative representations. On the principal floor four richly executed and polychrome eclectic stucco ceilings and marble fireplaces in neo-Louis XVI style. On the remaining storeys simple stucco ceilings with moulded profiles. The basement rooms are predominantly covered by barrel vaults on iron beams. Valuation.

Building block of architectural-historical importance as a valuable example of rich eclectic residential development from the third quarter of the 19th century. Ensemble value is formed by the relationship with the neighbouring rich building blocks from the same stylistic period (Oranjestraat 6, 8 and 10). Added value is derived by the building block from its urban-development-wise important situation at the corner of Amaliastraat and Oranjestraat.