Werk-woonhuis, Oosterstraat 57

English translation

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Description

Introduction SHOP-DWELLING, situated in the closed, western facade wall of the Oosterstraat, built around 1885 in a richly decorated, eclectic architectural style, characteristic of the architecture from the last quarter of the nineteenth century. The soberly designed shop front with pilasters and frieze band of polished syenite and bronze window frames dates from 1937 (designed by the architectural firm Muller & Van Elmpt). The upper dwelling is now in use as furnished rooms. Description The building is erected on a rectangular plan and comprises three storeys under a hipped roof, tiled with the rare Lucas IJsbrandpan. The front facade is four window bays wide and built up in reddish-brown brickwork. The facade is extensively decorated with stucco moulding. The two central bays project half a brick width and are articulated on the first storey by brick pilasters, which on the second storey transition into worked stucco pilasters, supported by consoles with faun heads. The risalite windows on the first storey are topped with a slight arch. The flanking windows are flush-topped and provided with profiled stucco moulding with cornices. The first storey is separated from the second storey by a stucco string course. The second storey contains four compressed, flush-topped windows with profiled stucco moulding and cornices above the two central windows. The facade is terminated by a cornice, which at the location of the risalite is decorated with a frieze of acanthus leaves and scrollwork in stucco relief. A dentil band is likewise applied here. The cornice supports a profiled brick gutter. The shop front from 1937 contains pilasters and a frieze band of polished syenite and bronze window frames. Internally, the curved wooden window sills, richly ornamented stucco ceilings and fireplaces in the front room on the first storey are of note. Evaluation SHOP-DWELLING, designed in a richly decorated, eclectic architectural style, characteristic of the architecture from the last quarter of the nineteenth century, with a carefully considered decoration scheme, of general importance because of its cultural-historical and architectural-historical value on account of the architectural quality of the design and the careful and rich ornamentation. Furthermore, the building constitutes an architecturally valuable element in a continuous sequence of valuable properties in the western facade wall of the Oosterstraat in Groningen.