Buitenplaats Westhove

English translation

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Description

ORANGERY.

Located to the west of the main building, a former plant house/orangery together with a coach house built in the second half of the 18th century on the orders of Mr. Johan Adriaan van der Perre; the building erected on a U-shaped plan in one storey has a perimeter compound roof covered with hipped pantiles; simply profiled gutter and drip moulding; on the roof a rectangular wooden structure on which an octagonal wooden bell tower with bell and zinc cupola, resting on columns and with weathervane; the structure is supported on both sides by a small half-hipped roof; under this hipped roof an attic in brick with three horizontally rectangular recessed fields. The north facade (facing the courtyard) has in the middle of this facade a risalit with a doorway for a large arched double door and next to it on both sides a standing rectangular spare field; on both sides next to the risalit two blocked arched windows, on the far left side a blocked arched door, and far right an arched sash door with stone sills and fanlight, with small glazing bars (3x2); on the northern roof slope on both sides of the bell tower a roof dormer with curved cornice and cross glazing bars. The east facade (courtyard side) has three large arched double sash doors with stone blocks; on the roof slope a roof dormer with a round light opening set in wood with spoke glazing bars. The west facade (courtyard side) has on the right a wooden sash door under a roller, with stone sills and fanlight with small glazing bars (5x2); to the left of it a wooden cross window under a roller with attached shutters and small glazing bars (3x2 above, 3x4 below), as well as a cellar trap door; on the roof slope a roof dormer as on the east roof slope. Both northern end facades are both provided with three arched spare fields. The south facade (field side) has in the middle a risalit with an arched opening for large double doors with next to it on both sides a standing rectangular spare field; to the right of the risalit there are five arched stolp windows with divided fanlights and small glazing bars (double 2x3 above, double 2x6 below); to the left of the risalit in the middle a door with divided fanlight with small glazing bars (double 2x3); on the left side of the door two arched stolp windows with fanlights (glazing bars as the windows to the right of the risalit); on the roof slope on both sides of the attic two roof dormers with curved cornice and cross glazing bars. The east facade (field side) has two windows with fanlight with cross glazing bar, and two blocked windows; on the east roof slope a roof dormer with cross glazing bar and triangular upper section. The west facade (field side) shows on the ridge of the roof two chimneys with profiled sides; on the right a double door with cross glazing bar and fanlight divided into five sections; to the left of it four 18th-century sash windows with 2x5 division; between them a wooden cross window with small glazing bars and fanlight (2x3 above, 3x5 below), attached shutters; to the left of it a sash door with fanlight; on the roof slope a roof dormer with curved cornice and cross glazing bars. INTERIOR Due to the use as Zeeland Biological Museum the interior has been substantially altered; in the western part still an old chimney breast, wooden partition with cupboards, and exposed beams.