Maarsbergen

English translation

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Description

HUIS MAARSBERGEN.

Two-aisled house on a rectangular ground plan, reinforced with two diagonal corner towers opposite each other; on the corners of the front aisle an arkeltoren. The front aisle dates from the mid-15th or 16th century (proosdijhuis), the rear aisle from the mid-19th century, the corner towers from 1930. The whole is constructed in reddish-brown brick and comprises basement, ground floor, first floor and attic under two hipped roofs with blue Dutch tiles and chimneys with caps. Characteristic components are the projecting central risalite with Flemish stepped gable on which a mascaron and lion sculpture, and neogothic additions such as ogival friezes, crenellations along the front facade and ogival tracery in the windows. The coat of arms of Maarsbergen stands in the central risalite. The front and rear facades of the house are seven bays wide and display a regular window arrangement with on the ground floor and first floor on the front six-pane casement windows and on the rear six-pane sash windows. In the basement there are front and rear windows with glazing bars and window bars. On the rear side the ogival tracery is absent; two windows at the level of the ground floor have an iron neogothic balcony. Around the central entrance door on the front is a natural stone surround of pilasters and cornice in which two glass doors with ogival tracery and fanlight with lantern. In the top of the stepped gable a cross window with stained glass above and shutters in the Maarsbergen colours (red-yellow-green) below. On the front are four roof dormers with copper roof with overhang, windows and shutters; on the rear are two roof dormers under saddle roof; four-pane windows. On the projecting arkeltorens stands a hexagonal constricted needle spire with copper roof and cast-iron weather vane. The round corner towers become ten-sided at the top as the basis for the ten-sided spire with slates in Maas covering; on the towers are two roof dormers, a chimney and a weather vane. The window arrangement of the towers is regular: on the three floors wooden cross windows with stained glass panes above and shutters in the Maarsbergen colours below. The bay arrangement of the side facades is irregular: on the west side at ground level there is a semicircular, two-part oak door with fanlight and lantern, flanked by a small cross window and a rectangular window with glazing bars. On the first floor there are two sash windows with ogival tracery. Special components on this side are the pump and early 18th-century bronze BELL with inscription and rim decoration and the wooden drawbridge (restored in the 20th century). On the east side in the basement is a semicircular wooden door with lantern, on the ground floor a high window with semicircular fanlight and at the level of the first floor a round window. Between the house and the corner tower is a semicircular extension with three windows. Both the main building and the corner towers have straight wall anchors and ornamental anchors. In front of the house is a 19th-century masoned ARCH BRIDGE with a three-step natural stone staircase, paving of yellow brick and wrought-iron balusters with iron chain. The INTERIOR was altered in 1880 and between 1930 and 1940.

Of importance are among others:

- the stucco ceilings, the decorated doors, the window sills with folding shutters, the fireplace sections with marble and oak mantels;

- the corridor laid with marble tiles, the oak staircase, doors and wainscotting;

- in the eastern tower the oak staircase and panelling, the mantels (installed in 1930);

- the fixed components of the kitchen in the basement, including the floor of marble and slate and the glass cabinet.

Valuation

HUIS MAARSBERGEN of general importance:

- on account of its age;

- on account of its construction and occupation history;

- on account of the presence of valuable components in the interior;

- on account of its characteristic location in the landscape design.