Woonhuis, Heresingel 5

English translation

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Description

Introduction

VILLA, situated in a row of detached villas on the south side of the Heresingel, built circa 1895 and designed in a fine eclectic architectural style. The building is now in use as an office and for that purpose has been partially adapted internally. The large, low extension on the rear is of later date and falls outside the protection. The boundary fence consists of wrought-iron railwork between cast-iron balusters.

Description

The building is erected on a rectangular floor plan and consists of a basement with two storeys under a truncated hipped roof, covered with grey pantile. The main facade is four bays wide, the west facade three bays. The facades are constructed of pink-red brick. The parapet and basement are rendered and, as regards the front, provided with heavy rustication imitation; the parapet and basement of the side facades are flat plastered. For the entrance door on the bel étage lies a hardstone step with wrought-iron railwork. The portico consists of a wooden construction of a wooden column and pilasters with arches in Chalet style. In the spandrels of the arches wooden openwork has been applied. Above the portico is likewise a covered balcony, with a wooden balustrade. The windows are straightclosed with stretchers and stucco quoins and keystones. The facades are enlivened with stucco sill bands. In the corner projection of the front facade double-width windows have been installed. The window on the bel étage is provided with moulded trim with an architrave in stucco. The higher situated window is closed with a segmental arch. In the arch voussoir a decorative relief in stucco has been applied. The facade of the projection is terminated with pilasters. The projection is crowned by a cupola, which is provided with heavy scrollwork, ornamental vases, tympanum and consoles. Against the western side facade for the middle projection a trapezoidal oriel window is suspended. The facade is articulated in three parts by heavy pilaster arrangements. In the corner projection of the eastern side facade is located on the bel étage a blind straightclosed window and on the upper floor a blind arched window, both provided with moulded trim in stucco. The rear facade contains on the southwest side two broad, stacked rectangular conservatories and straightclosed T-windows. The facades are terminated by a moulded wooden gutter on stucco consoles. The boundary fence consists of wrought-iron railwork between elegant cast-iron balusters. Internally still of importance the hall with white marble floor and stucco ornamentation, the surround of the draught-proof door with carved pilasters and curved tympanum, the corridor with white marble floor and a number of decorated stucco ceilings in various rooms.

Valuation

DETACHED VILLA WITH IRON RAILWORK, beautifully designed and carefully executed in an eclectic architectural style, characteristic of late nineteenth-century architecture, of general importance because of its cultural-historical and architectural-historical value because of its beauty, in particular because of the good proportions and discreetly applied decorations. Moreover, the building, forming part of the exceptionally valuable development on the south side of the Heresingel, constitutes an important architectural element in the high-quality urban planning structure of the canal row on the south side of the city centre of Groningen.