Woonhuis, H.W. Mesdagplein 17

English translation

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Description

Introduction DWELLING HOUSE, situated in the northeastern wall of the H.W. Mesdagplein, built in 1909 with the adjacent dwelling house on the corner (no. 16) with the Herman Colleniusstraat commissioned by the Groningen architect P.M.A. Huurman after his own design in Transitional architecture with elements of the Art Nouveau style. The front facade is bordered by an elegant wrought-iron railing with flower motifs. The building is currently still in use as a dwelling house. Description The building is built on a deep, rectangular ground plan and comprises three storeys under a flat roof. The window bay is crowned with a curved gable top with worked natural stone tops on both sides. The door bay is closed with a wooden box gutter on brackets. Above a sandstone plinth the front facade is built up in orange-yellow facing brick. The second floor is enlivened with square motifs and horizontal strips of red brick between the windows. On the ground floor there is a three-sided bay with sandstone window sills and fanlights with a refined glazing bar pattern and closed with a wooden gutter on brackets and zinc covering. The worked wooden front door has a sandstone doorstep. The floor windows are straight-topped with fanlights with glazing bars and contain courses of brown brick and sandstone negative blocks. On the top floor a three-part window, of which the windows are separated from each other by narrow wall mullions, of which the middle one has a segmental arch. The rear facade is still original and built up in red brick; on the ground floor a conservatory with above it a balcony. From the extended kitchen a chimney is built which is conducted via a round-arch structure covered with red Tuiles du Nord to the rear facade. Internally of particular importance the hall in original condition with white marble floor, draught vestibule with brown-pink marble wainscoting and stucco reliefs in very refined Art Nouveau style; rooms with black marble fireplaces with geometric motifs and stucco ceilings, staircase with wooden balustrades and tall conical balusters, door surrounds with panelled doors and various glass-in-lead windows with geometric motifs. Evaluation Dwelling house, designed in a transitional architecture common around the turn of the century with elements of the Art Nouveau style, designed by the architect P.M.A. Huurman who was well-known in Groningen at that time, of general importance due to its cultural-historical and architectural-historical value and due to the architectural integrity of exterior and interior. Moreover, the building is an important element in the high-quality urban space of the H.W. Mesdagplein in Groningen.