Oude mannenhuis, Dorpsstraat 164

English translation

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Description

Introduction

The former NURSING HOME in simple Neo-Dutch Renaissance was built in 1898 on behalf of the Van Capellen Foundation, established in 1892 by Johannes Nolen, notary in Rotterdam, and his wife A. van de Capelle. In 1976 the building was purchased by the municipality and converted into a music school. During that renovation the interior was largely modernised, with the exception of the richly executed regents' room in Neo-Dutch Renaissance on the upper floor which has been preserved in its original state.

The building stands with its front façade (north) on the Dorpsstraat and at the rear two transverse wings flank a courtyard that borders directly on the Hollandse IJssel. On the courtyard, whose paving has been renewed, stands a large red beech tree.

Description

Building on a U-shaped plan with a long wing parallel to the Dorpsstraat and at the rear two short transverse wings under gabled roofs with suppressed roof tiles. The façades are built in red brick on a hard stone plinth. Slightly projecting frieze and wooden drip moulding on volute brackets. Straight-topped 6-pane sash windows under arched spans decorated with plastered ornamental stones. Edges of façade openings and ornamental stone blocks at the corners that horizontally articulate the façades. The symmetrically arranged richly decorated main façade on the Dorpsstraat consists of a five-bay wide middle section with an upper storey, flanked by two side wings of one storey each with three windows. In the central risalit on the ground floor a double panelled door with profile mouldings under a half-round fanlight and above it a round-arched upper-floor window. The central risalit is crowned by a stepped gable with coping slabs and corner pilaster with weather vane. On the natural stone band below the stepped gable the inscription 'Van Capellen Foundation'. In the gabled roofs of the low side wings roof dormers with four-pane windows under zinc caps. Behind the middle section a flat-topped building section of two storeys with a double door under a six-pane stair light and four 6-pane windows with venetian blinds. The door provides access to the courtyard which is closed on either side by the single-storey transverse wings. In the façades on each side four 6-pane windows and in the outer window bay a double glass door with fanlight.

Interior

Regents' room in Neo-Dutch Renaissance entirely in its original state with panel wainscoting in dark oak in which a monumental fireplace and cabinet wall are incorporated. The walls are lined with imitation leather wallpaper. Original furnishings and upholstery.

Valuation

The former nursing home of the Van Capellen Foundation is of general importance for its cultural-historical value; for its original function as a home for the elderly.

The building is of general importance for its architectural-historical value; for its characteristic typology and plan and the simple Neo-Dutch Renaissance style with richly decorated front façade, characteristic of the building period. Internally the richly executed regents' room in Neo-Dutch Renaissance including furnishings and upholstery has been preserved. The building is externally virtually intact in main form, material use and detailing.

The building is of high importance for its urban planning value for its distinctive setting in the old village centre of Capelle aan den IJssel.