Winkelmagazijn, Vismarkt 24

English translation

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Description

Introduction SHOP AND WAREHOUSE WITH FLAT ABOVE, situated in the closed, southern facade wall of the Vismarkt, built in 1897 on the instructions of L.E. van Hasselt as a hat warehouse with dwelling above to the design of Groningen architect P.M.A. Huurman, carefully designed in a building style characteristic of the architecture from the end of the nineteenth century with elements of neo-Gothic and Art Nouveau style. The ground floor has been completely modernised and is in use as a shop. The flat above has since 1980 been converted together with adjacent neighbouring properties into dwelling units and has been internally adapted accordingly. Of the original layout and furnishings there remains the wooden staircase, some black marble fireplaces and the stained glass in the fanlights of the storey windows. Description The building is erected on a deep, rectangular floor plan and comprises three storeys under a gabled roof, covered with grey pan tiles. The front facade is three window bays wide, constructed of red Groningen pressed brick and enlivened with sandstone sill bands. The facade is constructed in a spout gable in neo-Gothic manner. On the ground floor the shop front has been entirely replaced by a modern glazed shop front. On the first storey a large trapezoidal bay window has been constructed. In the bay window constructive parts, sill bands, blocking and closing pieces are executed in sandstone. The bay window is covered with slates and has a balcony with French balcony doors and two constructed pilasters, crowned with natural stone balls and an ornamental wrought iron railing. The bay window contains three light arched windows with sandstone blocking and closing stones. In the fanlights the stained glass is still partly present. The three window openings on the second storey are closed with raised segmental arches. In the arch soffit tile tableaux with leaf and flower motifs in Art Nouveau style have been installed. Similar tile tableaux have been installed in the blind niches in the gable top. The fanlights of the windows on the second storey have horseshoe arch-shaped casements and are filled with stained glass with stylised sunflowers. The first storey is finished with a string course. On the wall sections of the second and third storeys diagonally placed pilasters have been installed, resting on natural stone consoles in the form of animal heads. The pilasters open out in constructed pinnacles, which are crowned by natural stone crockets. In the gable top a window and two blind niches have been installed. The latter have pointed arches and trefoils. The spout gable is covered with multiple layers of moulded brick. Appraisal SHOP AND WAREHOUSE WITH FLAT ABOVE, carefully designed in a neo-Gothic style to the design of Groningen architect P.M.A. Huurman, of general importance because of its cultural-historical and architectural-historical value because of the architectural and aesthetic quality of the design and the applied ornamentation. Moreover, the building forms a valuable architectural element in the high-quality urban planning space of the Vismarkt in Groningen.