Woonhuis, Radesingel 15

English translation

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Description

Introduction MANSION, forming part of an ensemble of four adjoining mansions, situated in the closed, consisting of late nineteenth-century built-up area, southern facade wall of the Radesingel, built in 1899-1900 on the instructions of Groningen contractor/architect P. Belgraver in an eclectic building style. The front gardens are bordered by wrought iron railings from the time of construction. The building is currently in use as an office and dwelling. The ground floor has been completely modernized. Description The building is erected on a rectangular ground plan and comprises three storeys under a hipped roof, covered with black Frisian corrugated pan tiles. The roof shield on the front contains in the middle a brick cabin with bent wooden roof line. The facade is ended at the top by a brick frieze, on which consoles are arranged that carry a profiled gutter. The front facade is three window bays wide and laid in red brick. The building has a low ground floor, which is terminated by a profiled cornice line. The windows on the ground floor are right-angled and have segmental arched relieving arches with stucco keystones with diamond heads and negblocks. The building contains on the bel étage right-angled windows, which are crowned by herringbone-arched, profiled stucco moulding and on the upper storey windows with herringbone arches and keystones. On the rear facade is a broad, rectangular wooden conservatory, which rests on stumps. The storey above contains three right-angled windows with raised segmental arches and arch drums with coloured tile filling. The facade is bordered on the street side by wrought iron railings from the time of construction. Internally still of importance the richly ornamented stucco ceilings in the en suite rooms on the bel étage and wooden sliding doors with cut glass. Evaluation MANSION, forming part of a symmetrically designed ensemble of four mansions, built in 1899-1900 in an eclectic architectural style according to the design of Groningen contractor/architect P. Belgraver, characteristic of the architecture from the end of the nineteenth century, of general importance 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 roads along the south side of the inner city of Groningen.