Woonhuis, Emmaplein 4

English translation

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Description

Introduction DOUBLE VILLA, situated in the southeastern quadrant of the Emmaplein, built in 1901 on commission of contractor/architect P. Belgraver in a late eclectic architectural style. The building is currently in use as an office (no. 5) and office with residential house (no. 4). The interior of no. 5 has been adapted internally over time through renovations. Internally, the still original layout and finish of no. 4 has been well preserved. Permission was not obtained from the proprietress to examine the interior further! Description The monumental building is erected on a rectangular ground plan and consists of a compressed ground floor and two storeys under a truncated hipped roof, covered with black Frisian wave tile. The facades are finished with a cornice with panels between paired, fluted consoles, which carry a profiled wooden gutter. In the roof pediment are small round zinc cupolas on either side of the gable peaks. The ground floor is rustic plastered. The remaining facade masonry is of reddish-brown brick and enlivened with plastered sill bands. A substantial projecting entrance at ground floor level is covered with a dais reached by two flights of stairs, bordered with wrought-iron railwork. The entrances on the first floor are placed in a deep portico. Above this, on the second storey, a balcony is placed on worked corbel consoles. The entrance risalit is built up with paired stepped gables. These serve as cabins. The window frames on the first floor are closed with segment arches and have keystones and corner stones with diamond heads in stucco. The windows of the second storey are straight closed with small drums. The opening balcony doors have round arch drums, which are filled with glazed red and green tiles. The central risalits of the side facades are likewise crowned by stepped gables and contain identically designed balconies on the second storey as those of the front facade. The rear facade has rectangular wooden conservatories with glazing on the first floor resting on plinths. Valuation Double villa, built in 1901 in a late eclectic architectural style by the contractor/architect P. Belgraver, who was active in Groningen at that time, of general importance because of its cultural-historical and architectural-historical value because of the good composition of the facades, the carefully applied and executed decorations and the architectural integrity of the exterior. Moreover, the building, through its situation at the southeastern quadrant of a roundabout and its position in a sight line across the Emmaplein towards the south, is an important element in the high-quality urban planning structure of the ring of boulevards on the south side of the inner city of Groningen.