Woonhuis, Ubbo Emmiussingel 55

English translation

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Description

Introduction TOWNHOUSE, with on either side a narrow passageway, situated in the closed, northern facade of the Ubbo Emmiussingel, built in 1888 to the design of Groningen architects K. and H. Hoekzema in a richly decorated, eclectic architectural style. The building is still in use as a residence and was restored in 1994. The interior has been largely preserved in its original state. Description The building is erected on a mainly rectangular plan and comprises two storeys under a truncated hipped roof, covered with scaled slate. The front facade is three bays wide. The right bay with the main residential functions projects by two and a half brick widths; the left bay contains the entrance area with double sculpted door and is more soberly designed. The sections are nearly equally wide; the projecting section contains on the ground storey and on the storey broad, three-part windows; the other section is two window bays wide. The front facade is provided over its full width with a hardstone plinth of just over one meter high. In front of the entrance door a staircase of three steps fitted with wrought-iron railings has been installed. The front yard is likewise bordered by wrought-iron railings. The three-part window on the ground storey is flanked by broad sandstone plates on which paired consoles are arranged which support the broad storey balcony. On the storey the three-part window is flanked by double fluted Ionic pilasters executed in sandstone, which bear a cornice with balustrade and a tympanum which is broken by a cabin window. The cabin against the porch shield is crowned by a segmental tympanum which is broken by a ball on a substantial plinth. The left facade section contains straight-topped windows with stings and voussoirs and is enlivened with narrow sill bands in the masonry. The layout of the rear facade is original and contains on the ground storey a terrace above which a broad balcony with open doors has been installed. The three-part windows are straight-topped with stings and label blocks. The interior has largely been preserved in its original state. Of importance are among others the white marble hall and corridor with very richly ornamented stucco ceilings and door frames, the ornamented stucco ceilings in most of the living rooms with black marble chimney breasts and the wooden staircase with finely worked balusters and staircase windows with coloured glass. Evaluation Townhouse, erected in a richly decorated, eclectic architectural style, characteristic of the last quarter of the nineteenth century, to the design of the then well-known Groningen architects K. & H. Hoekzema, of general importance on account of the architectural integrity of exterior and interior 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 of boulevards on the south side of the city centre of Groningen.