Middengasthuis

English translation

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Description

Introduction HOSPITAL WITH ENTRANCE GATE, called the 'small' Midden Gasthuis, situated on the south side of the Kleine Rozenstraat, consisting of dwellings on either side of the gate parallel to the street side and courtyard dwellings around a square inner courtyard, built in 1873 on behalf of the Nederduitsch Hervormde Church in a traditional-craft building manner. The dwellings were renovated in 1980-1981 by housing association Gruno.

Description
The dwellings are erected on rectangular ground plans and comprise one storey under a continuous hipped roof, covered with black corrugated tile. The dwellings on the street side numbers 8 through 14 are covered with a gabled roof, covered with black corrugated tile. The facades are built up from reddish-brown brick. The window and door openings are predominantly rectangular with sills. All windows are authentically subdivided with a six- or eight-pane glazing bar division. The facades of the remaining courtyard dwellings are built from red brick and covered with a continuous hipped roof. The roof ends received chimneys at regular intervals whereby the width structure of the dwellings becomes visible. The windows are closed with segmental arches with rollers and 'eyebrows' of yellow brick. Here and there spatula plinths of rendered work have been applied. All dwellings are three bays wide. An entrance door with fanlight is combined per dwelling on one side with two windows. In the elongated facades a division per two bays is indicated by pilaster suggestions. The south facade contains in the middle opposite the entrance gate a raised central pavilion with stucco pilasters at the corners. The facades are terminated by a profiled fascia gutter on corbels. The entrance gate can be closed with a two-part cast iron gate.

Evaluation HOSPITAL WITH ENTRANCE GATE, called the 'small' Midden Gasthuis, consisting of courtyard dwellings, grouped around a square inner courtyard, of general importance on account of its cultural-historical and architectural-historical value on account of the architectural integrity of the exterior and on account of its significance for the history of housing for the working classes in the city of Groningen.