Woonhuis, Ubbo Emmiussingel 69

English translation

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Description

Introduction MANSION, forming part of an ensemble of three independent units with a symmetrical layout and design, situated in the almost closed, northern facade wall of the Ubbo Emmiussingel, built in 1885 on the instructions of H. Tjaden, A. van der Want and G. Schnitger in the neo-Renaissance architectural style. The building is currently still in use as a dwelling and internally remains largely in its original state. Description The building is erected on a rectangular ground plan and consists of a basement with two storeys under a gabled roof, covered with black corrugated pan tiles. The front facade is three bays wide, laid in reddish-brown brick and enlivened with stucco sill bands. In front of the entrance is a hardstone step one and a half metres deep with a flight of seven steps. Step and staircase are bordered by wrought iron railings. The basement is plastered in rustica imitation. The front door is placed in a shallow portico. The windows on the ground floor are right-angled with a continuous sill band, above which segmental arched relieving arches with stucco negblocks and keystones are arranged. The transition between storeys is indicated by profiled stucco cornice lines. The windows are provided with plastered breast walls. The windows on the upper storeys are right-angled but have rounded upper corners and are provided with profiled stucco moulding with keystones. The storeys are ended by a frieze of coloured brick decoration in the fields between the moulding in stucco. The gable top is enlivened with sill bands and contains a paired round-arched window with stucco keystones. The top is covered with stucco moulding and is crowned by a heraldic medallion between rolled brackets and covered by a segmental tympanum. The rear facade contains the original layout with two right-angled windows with sashes on the upper storey and a broad, rectangular wooden conservatory at the rear on stumps. The conservatory is richly decorated with openwork wood carving. Internally the original structure, layout and decoration have been very well preserved. Of importance among others the richly ornamented stucco ceilings, black marble fireplaces, the wooden staircase, white marble hall and corridor with stucco ornamentation, basement with tiled floors and walls and fireplace (kitchen). Evaluation MANSION, forming part of a symmetrically designed ensemble of three mansions, erected in an eclectic architectural style with style characteristics of the neo-Renaissance, characteristic of architecture from the last quarter of the nineteenth century, of general importance because of the aesthetic and architectural qualities of the design. Furthermore, the ensemble with unique overall design and forming part of the valuable, continuous built-up area on the north side of the Ubbo Emmiussingel, constitutes an important element in the high-quality urban planning structure of the ring roads along the south side of the inner city of Groningen.