Woonhuis, Marktstraat 12

English translation

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Description

Introduction DWELLING HOUSE, situated in the closed, predominantly older building, southern facade of the Marktstraat, altered in 1906 whereby two existing houses with passages (core 1640-1885) were converted into one dwelling house that received a new front facade on behalf of Tj. Amsing in an eclectic building style with elements of the Art Nouveau style. The facade is bordered by a wrought-iron fence from the construction period. The two roof dormers on the western roof slope were installed in 1954. The building is currently still in use as a dwelling house. Description The broad building is erected on a virtually square plan and has one storey under a transversely placed, truncated hipped roof, laid with black Friesian corrugated tile. A crenellated cornice runs out at the chimney heads placed on herringbone tops. The facade is closed by a frieze of light orange brick between consoles that carry a moulded gutter. The building, erected from red brick above a hardstone plinth, is symmetrical in layout and five bays wide. The middle, slightly projecting bay is built through into a small gable. The windows are straight-closed and provided with raised, segmentally arched drums, which are filled with coloured brick decorations. All windows have hardstone lintels, relieving stones and sills. The fanlights are decorated with round-staff moulding and bevels. The richly carved double entrance door is set in a frame with rounded corners. The transom carries a three-part fanlight with coloured leaded glass, set in a hardstone frame. The compressed gable above the entrance is covered with hardstone and is crowned at the corners of the top by cylindrical finials. The front facade is bordered by a worked wrought-iron fence. Internally some traces of the original layout can still be seen; the western front room is cellared and has a beam ceiling. Of importance are among other things various richly ornamented stucco ceilings with Art Nouveau motifs in the various rooms, the hall and corridor with white marble floor and the richly worked weatherproof door with fanlight with coloured glass and a large etched glass panel in Art Nouveau style with a landscape, the wooden staircase with worked end balusters and various panel doors with original framing in Art Nouveau style. Evaluation Dwelling house, with a carefully executed and remarkable architectural design in an eclectic building style, with characteristics of the Art Nouveau style, of general importance because of its cultural-historical and architectural-historical value and because of the architectural completeness of the exterior and interior (components). Moreover, the building forms a striking architectural element in the Marktstraat in Groningen.