Woonhuis, Binnenkant 47 H

English translation

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Description

Introduction

A canal-side property situated on the building line, originally late 18th century with a front facade from the last quarter of the 19th century. The house consists of a high basement/basement level, a bel etage, accessible via a stone step, three storeys at the front and two at the rear. The composite roof truss structure consists of two parts: on the high, front section a hipped roof with the ridge parallel to the street, on the rear section a hipped roof with the ridge perpendicular to the street and connected to the front roof truss. A substantial extension of three storeys with a flat roof stands against the rear facade. In the corner formed by the extension and the rear facade, the basement extends backwards as a ground floor storage chamber. Various interior components are preserved inside. Behind the house is a small garden, partly enclosed with stone walls. Directly behind the extension against the left wall are three storage cupboards from the building period. The house was probably divided internally for dual occupancy and adapted at the time of the front facade renewal in the last quarter of the 19th century.

Description

The front facade is a cornice-topped facade three bays wide with the entrance on the left. The basement has a facing of stone slabs. The bel etage is plastered with a pattern of false joints and bands with diamond studs. Above this the facade consists of exposed brickwork with stucco decoration above and below the windows of the first storey. The cornice rests on four corbels between which, in the same manner as above the first storey windows, fields of stucco work are applied. The stone step comprises eight treads and has an iron railing with some ironwork. The stairs lead to a small vestibule containing two doors with a cast-iron grille, the left of which provides access to the upper residence. All windows display a slightly arched top. On the storeys they contain sash windows with T-shaped glazing bars. The sash windows on the ground floor are undivided. Most of the sash windows have been converted to casement windows. The tiles on both roofs have been renewed. At the front, above the cornice, there is a hoist beam. The two side facades are almost entirely built in between the adjoining properties. The plastered rear facade is obscured from view for approximately half its height by the extension. In the remaining part, on the bel etage, there are double French doors flanked by narrow windows. On both storeys a paired window with sash windows with T-shaped glazing bars and a vertical glazing bar in the fanlight. The extension is plastered and in the rear facade provided with one window on each storey and in the side facade two paired three-light windows for the stairwell of the lower residence.

The layout of the house is simple. On the left is a long corridor. On the right are the rooms, on the bel etage and both storeys a front and rear room separated by a small intermediate room. On the third storey at the front there is a single room. The attic space over the rear part is divided and finished for contemporary habitation. The attic space over the front part could not be inspected. For the upper residence, a space for the stairs has been separated in the corridor directly behind the front door. The corridor runs through to the extension at the rear. Here is the stairwell for the lower residence and beyond it on each storey a single room. The basement has a simple joist floor of substantial beams, some of which are laid flat. The front part is in principle undivided. In the rear part there are the stairs and a room beside them. In the ground floor storage chamber a technical room has been partitioned off.

The interior finish of the house is generally modest, with the exception of a ceiling on the bel etage, see below. Despite late 20th century alterations for comfort, the whole nevertheless makes an intact impression, albeit modest in character. Throughout the property profiled doors in surrounds are found, some still 18th century, but some later, including doors with etched glass on the second storey, furthermore on all storeys one or two late 19th century fireplaces, of which the one on the second storey also has a chimney breast with stucco decoration, furthermore late 19th century ceilings with stucco decoration. The ceiling of the front room on the bel etage in its main conception, a lobed central oval flanked by two smaller circles, conveys a Louis XIV impression. These profiles are executed in wood. The dating of these components is difficult to establish; it is possible that this is a neo-form from the second half of the 19th century or an original 18th century profiling from an earlier phase of this house or from elsewhere. A similar uncertainty exists regarding the rectangular cutout, with shell motif and fine leaf scrolls, which possibly is original 18th century work but does not appear to have been originally intended for this location. This whole is provided with an elegant polychrome painting from the second half of the 19th century. The mirror of the oval is decorated in neo-Louis XVI style with both architectural and naturalistic leaf scrolls and vases with fruit and flowers. Outside the oval an architectural motif is applied using stencil technique. The polychromy is predominantly green and beige in tone, with accents in (leaf) gold. The corridor on the bel etage is provided with a marble floor and wainscoting. In the extension from the bel etage to the first storey there is a spacious wooden stair with a simple round starting baluster and a wooden handrail on iron spindles. The room on the first storey at the front has, besides a fireplace and a stucco ceiling, a still original symmetrical arrangement of the rear wall, with two doors, two cupboards and vertical wooden panelling. Next to the door to the corridor is a speaking tube with a wooden mouthpiece closable with a cap, in which is a whistle. In the ground floor storage chamber is a probably late 18th century wooden kitchen cupboard, which covers the entire right-hand wall. In the basement room adjoining it is still a small kitchen fireplace present.

Assessment

The property is of general importance for its architectural historical values, as an example of a modestly originally late 18th century canal-side property, of which various components are preserved. Furthermore, in its totality with the 19th century alterations, it forms a fairly intact whole. Of importance here is the interior in general and in particular the ceiling with paintings on the bel-etage. From an urban history perspective the property is of importance as a component in a sequence of 18th century canal-side properties.