Woonhuis, Ubbo Emmiussingel 29

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Description

Introduction MANOR HOUSES, group of four independent units, situated in the nearly closed, northern facade wall of the Ubbo Emmiussingel, built in 1887 on commission of J.J. van Beeten according to a design by Groningen architect N.W. Lit in a richly decorated, eclectic building style, characteristic of the architecture from the last quarter of the nineteenth century. The ground floor of the buildings has been used over time as practice space and for this purpose has been internally adapted or completely modernized. No. 33 contains an entrance with wooden staircase and lead-light windows from 1931. The forecourt of the buildings is bordered by wrought-iron railings. Description Group of four manor houses, each erected on a rectangular ground plan and consisting of a compressed ground floor with two storeys under a truncated hipped roof, covered with black Frisian curved tile. The facade masonry is erected from reddish-brown brick. The facades of the two outer units are constructed in a spout gable. The five window bays wide central section lies approximately half a metre inside the building line. The ground floor facade is entirely plastered, provided with deep false joints and rustica imitation and is finished with a broad profiled cornice band. The corner projections have on the first storey three-part, straight-topped windows with balconies, which are supported by richly worked consoles with lion heads and a low openwork balustrade. On the breastwork of the second storey two rows of medallions are applied in stucco with coats of arms in high relief and heads of sixteenth-century rulers. The facades of the projections are set off with imitation rustica in stucco. The remaining windows on the storey are likewise straight-topped and provided with stucco moulding with architraves. The central bays are crowned with triangular and semicircular tympana with renaissance shell motifs in stucco. The windows of the second storey are closed with crested ridges with stucco closing stones and string blocks. The broad windows of the corner projections have a broad segmental arched relieving arch with stucco string blocks and closing stones. The facade is finished with a frieze that is set with vase-shaped consoles in Empire style. The consoles support a profiled roof gutter. The gable top of the projections is crowned with profiled moulding and a semicircular tympanum with wrought-iron spire. On the shoulders of the top are lion-shaped figures carrying shields. Against the front roof slope of the roof two wooden roof dormers are applied with zinc spires and wall sections in scroll work. The rear facades are considerably more soberly designed and constructed from reddish-brown brick. On the storeys there are straight-topped windows (cross windows and T-windows). The forecourt is bordered by wrought-iron railings. Internally, the ornamented stucco ceilings on the piano nobile are still of importance. Valuation COMPLEX OF FOUR MANOR HOUSES, finely designed in a richly decorated, eclectic building style according to a design by Groningen architect N.W. Lit, of general importance because of the architectural and aesthetic quality of the design and the ornamentation and from an urban planning, cultural-historical and architectural-historical point of view as an intact component of the high-quality urban planning structure of the ring road series on the south side of the inner city of Groningen.