Woonhuis, Zuidersingel 11

English translation

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Description

Introduction

Late nineteenth century RESIDENTIAL HOUSE that was built in a characteristic eclectic architectural style of around the fin de siècle with motifs characteristic of neo-renaissance architecture. In 1910 alterations were made to the facades for the then owner of the mansion. The building forms part of the protected townscape of Assen.

Description

The building, drawn up from a rectangular floor plan, has one storey beneath a hipped roof covered with flat Frisian tiles and with a cut-off apex and roof dormers. The brick facades are enlivened with a plinth of grey stone, bands of Bentheim sandstone, details of dark-red decorative brickwork and a cornice. The building has an asymmetrical front facade with on the ground floor an original casement door with pediments, turnpike needle and fanlight above a three-step entrance of grey stone. To the right of this a wide, opening T-window with a plastered, horizontal drip moulding that connects the window sill with the plinth. To the left of the entrance there is a large, rectangular bay window with flat roof. On the storey above the bay window stands a glass door with side and fanlight that opens onto the bay roof and is provided with a wooden canopy with cornice on corbels and an openwork wooden arch frieze. This rests on ornamental wooden corner columns connected to each other by iron rods, which stand on balusters, between which wooden balustrades are placed. The two windows to the right of this stand beneath projecting pediments of Bentheim sandstone and a window cill also made of sandstone with stylized floral ornaments beneath the window sills. The window openings are provided with hollow decorative brick reveals. The broad cornice consists of a frieze of red tiles between narrow profiled mouldings. The facades are terminated by a strip with brick mosaic and profiled gutter moulding on a projecting top course. The left side facade is blank. The rear facade has on the right on the ground floor a largely glazed storefront, the remains of a conservatory, onto which the upper-storey glass door opened. This and the two windows beneath segmental arch to the left of it are provided with setting stones and stylized floral decorations in the arch barrels. Somewhat at an angle against the rear facade stands a shed built in 1910 with plastered plinth and cast-iron ventilation grilles beneath a hipped roof covered with Frisian tiles. The right side facade has on the storey among other features two coupled, partly blank windows with narrow penant beneath segmental arches with brick mosaic in the arch barrels.

Assessment

The well-preserved house is of architectural-historical importance because of its specific fin de siècle design and use of materials. The characteristic building is also visually distinctive and has ensemble value as an important architectural element in an area in which much valuable architecture is concentrated. The house forms part of the protected townscape of Assen.