Kantongerecht, Kerkgracht 4

English translation

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Description

Introduction

Detached BUILDING from approximately 1860, built in an eclectic style. The original function of the building is unknown. The building is situated on the south side of the Kerkgracht. To the left and right at the rear and on the rear facade there are rectangular extensions, dating from 1910, which also fall under the protection.

N.B. In 1910 the building was in use as a District Court with a Remand Prison. During the renovation in 1910 the Remand Prison behind the District Court was partially demolished, renovated and enlarged with a caretaker's dwelling and an office for the Receiver of the Land Registry. As of 1995 only the District Court is located there. The building was originally provided with a painted plaster layer in (broken) white, which at the time of renovation around 1990 was replaced by a yellow render layer. The original four-pane sash windows with two-pane fanlight on the rear facade were replaced around 1990 by similar wooden windows.

Description

Building on rectangular ground plan, consisting of two storeys under a hipped roof, covered with black Dutch tiles. The roof ridge runs parallel to the Kerkgracht. The roof panels are intersected by three rectangular brick chimneys. The masonry is built of plastered brick above a stone plinth. Unless otherwise stated, the window bays contain a round-arched window with a wooden four-pane sash window and round-arched fanlight with three-lobed motif. Drip mouldings, stoep and stoep steps are of stone. The building has continuous drip mouldings and string courses at the height of the middle sill of the windows and above the windows. The facade is terminated by a profiled wooden drip moulding.

The symmetrically arranged front facade (N) is five window bays wide, of which the central bay is flanked by pilasters. Pilasters are also applied on the corners. The plasterwork on the ground floor is provided with deep cut joints to imitate natural stone. On the central bay of the ground floor is the entrance, consisting of a rectangular double panel door with round-arched fanlight with radial glazing bars. The other four window bays contain a round-arched window, as do the five window bays on the first floor. The window bay above the entrance is accentuated by the pilasters which continue in a round arch.

The left side facade (O) is three window bays wide and contains in two window bays a blind window recess (in both storeys). Only the most southerly located bay contains a round-arched window in both storeys.

The right side facade (W) has the same structure and articulation as the left facade.

Against the rear facade (S) an extension is placed on rectangular ground plan, with a height of two storeys and a width of five window bays. Just above the extension the drip moulding of the rear side of the main volume is still visible. Two small extensions on the left rear (southeast) and right rear (southwest) have a rectangular ground plan and a height of one storey. The left extension has a double panel door applied in the front facade with round-arched fanlight and radial glazing bars, the right extension has a round-arched window. The facades of the extensions are terminated by a wooden profiled drip moulding on consoles and have a flat roof.

Valuation

The object is of general importance from a cultural-historical and architectural-historical perspective as a well-preserved example of a building built in eclectic style in the second half of the 19th century.