Woonhuis, Zuideinde 37

English translation

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Description

Introduction

Detached villa built in 1899 in a rich eclectic style designed by H. Witzand and commissioned by Eilerts de Haan. The protection comprises the villa with the adjoining carriage house and the heavy wrought and cast iron fencing at the front. In addition, the lime trees at the front of the property are also important. In 1955, a veranda was demolished at the commission of notary L. Westra.

Description

Villa with adjoining carriage house and wrought and cast iron fencing. Villa on irregular floorplan with wide ashlar plinth, brick construction alternated with profiled ashlar drip mouldings and ashlar string courses as well as sandstone banding; wide cornice with frieze featuring consoles (triglyphs) and glazed ornamental tiles and profiled gutter on brackets; composite roof form with slate roof covering (Maas covering); on the side and rear slopes zinc roof dormers (oeil de boeuf); chimneys with twisted ceramic pipes. The original window arrangements feature the requisite carved work, ashlar sill and lintel; red brick bond in yellow stone with connecting and closing stones; first-floor windows have segmental arch bond with tile mosaic in the spandrel. The front facade is divided into three parts with a tall central section and two lower side volumes. The central section features an ashlar stoep, a heavy carved wood panelled door with ornamental railings in front of the leaded glass windows, door frame with marble half-columns placed on ashlar bases on which an architrave rests; on the architrave an aedicula in renaissance style with a leaded glass fanlight. Above the string course a closed and coupled leaded glass window. Above that a dentil course to the third storey with a double coupled round-arched window; roof line with projecting blind round-arch frieze and wide profiled cornice. The central section is covered by an inclined renaissance roof with blind zinc roof dormers. The left facade originally had a veranda on an ashlar base, now a triple coupled window with mullions and alternating sills. First floor with glazed terrace doors with side and fanlights; above the gutter a dormer with renaissance detailing (claw pieces, pilasters, architrave and ornamental coping). The right section has an oriel window spanning two storeys with closed windows; above the gutter a dormer with renaissance detailing and glazed windows. The left side facade, articulated by several pilasters, has a comparable composition with among other things two blind windows placed above each other with natural stone surrounds and part-column; entrance door and a high-placed WC window. The right side facade is symmetrically articulated by pilasters and several blind windows (comparable to left side facade). Rear facade from right to left: double basement window with above it a coupled kitchen window (raised) with worked central mullion; above the lintel a segmental arch under which two round arches with tile mosaic. Above the kitchen likewise a coupled window. To the left of this section a wide ashlar stoep to two rear doors (panelled doors with ornamental railings for the two narrow windows and three leaded glass fanlights). Above these doors the glazed window of the stairwell with leaded glass fanlight. Above this a half-height glazed leaded glass window. The left section has a wooden conservatory placed on ashlar with glazed doors and a chamfered corner; mullions and alternating sills with carved work; lower construction with panels; original glazing bars; much coloured leaded glass. Top side with balustrade with balusters (originally there was also a veranda here), accessible via the wide triple coupled bay with glazed terrace doors in the centre.

INTERIOR. The front door has on the inside a wooden door frame with carved work (the aedicula also has here leaded glass fanlight with a lamp between); floor and wainscoting in white marble; side walls and ceiling with stucco work (profile mouldings with rosettes). Draught vestibule placed on marble bases and with carved work in neo-renaissance style; frames light-toned wood; panelled door and sidelights dark-toned wood; reeded glass in the panelled door and the aedicula. Central corridor likewise with white marble and stuccoed decorations on walls and ceiling; four symmetrically placed panelled doors with heavy neo-renaissance surrounds. Transition to rear corridor via a heavily plastered arch construction. In front of the stairwell stand wooden half-columns that carry a richly worked panel with seven coloured leaded glass windows. Oak staircase with heavily worked stair newel (on which a non-original statuette; originally there stood a lamp-holding statuette also known as 'little bear statuette') railing with balusters; wainscoting with applied handrail. Front room in colour scheme brown, olive green, moss green and blue-green; with heavy marble fireplace; surround in plasterwork with corner pilasters and frieze. Decorative ceilings of linen and pressed cardboard. Oriel with bench seating, wainscoting and surround. Sliding doors to rear room. Rear room with comparable detailing; wooden; on rear side sliding doors with side and fanlights providing access to conservatory. The left front room (now bedroom) likewise has a marble fireplace, surround and richly decorated ceiling. In this section a safe 'Lips Dordrecht' with Art Nouveau ornamental motif. In the kitchen all walls including the fireplace are tiled; fireplace with wooden pilasters, consoles and profiled moulding; decorated ceiling; original kitchen cabinets. Side exit in place of toilet and still has the original wainscoting with flowered rose tiles. The first floor has slightly more restrained detailing including door surrounds; all rooms here have plastered ceilings with more or less elaborate decorations; some black marble fireplaces with plastered surrounds; WC with vestibule with among other things a panelled door with reeded glass and wainscoting of flowered rose tiles. Oak staircase to attic; roof light with obliquely set ceiling with profile mouldings; landing with doors with door surrounds; attic room with decorated ceiling; attics with some fixed wooden cupboards. On the north side a sliding hatch.

CARRIAGE HOUSE. The adjoining carriage house with two storeys under flat roof is comparable but simpler; the original barn doors are (presumably pre-war) replaced by a panelled door with six-pane sidelights; first floor with glazed attic doors and above the closing stone a hatch; profiled roof line with gutter on brackets. On the rear side the barn is partly with flat roof (a remnant of a longer extension). In the side facade (opening onto the garden) among other things a panelled door. FENCING. Heavy wrought and cast iron fencing by M. Boddendijk Blacksmith of Meppel. The cast iron columns are placed on ashlar bases. Below a masonry base with green glazed offset. In total three opening parts.

Valuation

Villa of cultural-historical, architectural-historical and urban planning importance as an expression of a socially and economically prosperous period and because of its typology; also of importance because of its particular significance for architecture, aesthetic quality, material use, ornamentation and the coherence between exterior and interior as well as importance because of its character-defining location at the Zuideinde (opposite Weerdstraat) and location in a valuable townscape. Also of exceptionally high integrity and rare.