Belastinggebouw, Reitdiepskade 1

English translation

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Description

Introduction RECEIVER'S OFFICE, situated on one side free-standing on the north side of the Reitsdiepskade near the Noorderhaven and the Reitdiep, built in 1883/1913 as a receiver's office for direct taxation, import duties and excise duties on commission of the municipality after a design by Groningen architect and later government architect C.H. Peters in neo-Gothic style. The building was extended in 1913 in the same style with a side wing, parallel to the building line. The building has been in use as a residential house since 1982. Description The elongated building is constructed on a rectangular floor plan and has two storeys under two gabled roofs placed at right angles to each other, covered with black Frisian clay tile. The building consists of two volumes: a building section placed at right angles to the building line (1883) and a side wing on the building line (1913). The main facade with spout gable has two window bays and two bays in the side facade, bordering on a side plot. The side wing on the Reitsdiepskade has five window bays. The facades are finished by projecting, mortared gutter lines with profiled brick. The rain gutter is covered with slates. Against the roof of the side wing is placed a small roof gable, covered with slates. In the middle of the ridge of the main roof stands a characteristic chimney, which is composed of four round-mortared brick shafts. The drainage pipes for rainwater with gutters are square in cross-section and made of zinc. The facades are constructed from reddish-brown brick. The window sills with drip moulding are of profiled, orange-red pressed stone. Around the windows is applied a beading profile in orange-red pressed stone. Constructive parts such as coping blocks, lintels and shouldering pieces are made of yellow sandstone (Savonnières). This material is likewise applied for the drip moulding between the storeys. The windows have a glazing bar division, which evokes the suggestion of Gothic cross windows. The windows are straight-headed and have profiled, raised segmental arches. In the arch drums brickwork is applied in decorative bonding of coloured brick. The gable has a climbing arch frieze of profiled brick. Between the windows on the ground floor a facade stone from the Kranepoort was placed during construction. The facades of the building section placed at right angles have richly worked wrought-iron ornamental wall anchors. In the spout gable of the rear facade are two round-arch windows behind which the staircase is concealed. Internally still of importance the well-preserved wooden panelled doors with jamb stonework in neo-Gothic style. Valuation RECEIVER'S OFFICE, built in the last quarter of the nineteenth century, constructed in a neo-Gothic architectural style after a design by government architect C.H. Peters, of general importance because of its cultural-historical and architectural-historical value because of the architectural intactness of the exterior, the craftsmanship qualities and because of the special material use.