Villa Westerheide

English translation

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Description

Introduction

VILLA "Westerheide", built in 1929 to the design of architect W. Hamdorff in the Gooise country house style, commissioned by Mr H.W. Roland Holst. The property is located on the north side of the Herdersweg, on a corner plot adjoining the Westerheide. The connecting element between the villa and the garage dates from approximately 1995; originally this was merely a connecting wall with a door in it that gave direct access to the rear. The garage and connecting wall are therefore subject to protection.

N.B. 1: The rear structure of the connecting element between villa and garage is not subject to protection.

N.B. 2: The owner was unwilling to cooperate in the investigation of the interior of the property.

Description

Detached building, built on a free plan, consisting of two storeys plus an attic under a composite thatched roof. The roof pitches begin above the windows of the ground floor, but are lifted at the window sections of the first storey and attic. The building has a ridge line climbing from west to east, finished with red ridge tiles. A rectangular brick chimney stands on the northern ridge corner. In the southwest gable, a second brick chimney is placed which rises above the southwest ridge corner. The building is constructed of yellowish-grey handmade bricks in cross bond, finished with a flat joint, above a rubble foundation marked with a rowlock course. Unless otherwise stated, the window axes contain rectangular wooden windows with casement and sash frames with multiple glazing bars. Some windows have heavy, extended lintels (lintels with 'ears'), above which fanlights are placed. On the ground floor, various windows are provided with fixed shutters with wrought-iron hinges.

The front facade bends from the southwest (side Westerheide) to the southeast (side Herdersweg) under a protruding angle.

On the southwest side are found from left to right: a loggia, the living room and a side room. The loggia has a curved front and a thatched roof, resting on four braced wooden posts that stand on a brick wall. In the loggia, the rear gable contains a tall window with multiple glazing bars and a terrace door with glass panes that provides access from the dining room to the loggia; on a bevelled side are two small tall windows (of a small hall); in the right side gable of the loggia is a wooden facade (of the living room) that contains a terrace door with glass panes and two casement windows with multiple glazing bars. The living room next to the loggia has a width of two window bays in the southwest gable. The left bay contains a large three-light window with a horizontal mirror pane in the middle, flanked by two windows with multiple glazing bars and above a reinforced, continuous lintel a horizontal fanlight with seven panes. The right bay contains a tall six-pane window. Above the living room the roof pitch is hipped. The gable of the storey contains a band window with six six-pane casement windows and from window height is clad with half-timbered panels. To the right of the living room the gable bends forward (side room) and contains a window with two casement windows with multiple glazing bars.

On the southeast side (Herdersweg side) are found from left to right: the aforementioned side room, the entrance and the original children's room. The middle bay is marked by a tall brick chimney. To the left of it (side room and entrance) the facade is executed as a gable, to the right of it (children's room) as a hipped gable with long roof pitch. On the ground floor far left (side room) is a window with two casement windows with multiple glazing bars. To the right of it is the entrance. The front door is a heavy fixed two-part door with wrought-iron hinges. The front door is placed under a canopy (a lean-to roof) with Dutch tiles, resting on three braced wooden posts that stand on a brick wall with planter. From the start of the lean-to roof, the facade is clad with half-timbered panels. Above the entrance is a band with four six-pane casement windows; on the attic is a window with two six-pane casement windows. To the right of the chimney on the ground floor is a large window (children's room) with three four-pane windows under a reinforced, continuous lintel and three windows with multiple glazing bars above. The roof pitch is lifted at the location of the window.

Far right is the garage, which is connected to the villa by a connecting wall (now with a rear extension). The connecting wall and garage are constructed from the same materials as the villa. The connecting wall is provided with a rectangular wooden door. The garage has a rectangular floor plan and consists of one storey under a hipped roof with half-hip ends, covered with thatch. The more or less north-south oriented ridge line is finished with red ridge tiles. In the front facade (S) the garage has a double fixed garage door with bevelled top corners. The right side gable (E) has two horizontal wooden windows, provided with six-pane glazing bars and shutters. The rear gable (N) is blind. The left side gable (W) contains a small window.

The rear gable (N) has to the left of the centre a gable section that recesses irregularly and which among other things houses the stairwell. At the location of this recessed gable section, the facade is partially clad with half-timbered panels and the roof pitch is lifted above the first storey. The gable section contains several windows with multi-pane casement windows, a balcony on triangular base and half-timbered balustrade, a balcony door with glass panes between glazing bars and four tall stairwell windows of different heights.

To the left of the recessed gable section is the extended children's room under a low continuous roof pitch. The hipped gable of the children's room contains two doors with glazing bars.

To the right of the recessed gable section is a projecting gable section to the width of three window bays, behind which kitchenette and kitchen are concealed. The left and right window bay contains a casement window with multiple glazing bars, the middle contains two casement windows with six panes and small fanlights above a heavy lintel. The first storey has a row of windows placed under a lifted roof pitch with seven six-pane casement windows and half-timbered panels. To the right of this gable section the facade projects again (the blind rear gable of the dining room) and the roof pitch extends to halfway down the ground floor. Between kitchenette and stairwell is a small extension under a lean-to roof, which contains a rear door.

The left side gable (W) has on the ground floor to the left a window (dining room) with three windows with multiple glazing bars. Above this window the roof pitch begins, which at the height of the first storey is interrupted by a half-timbered gable section that contains a row of windows with three six-pane windows. The sill of this window row is finished with red ridge tiles. The room on the storey is closed off by a recessed thatched half-hip with north-south oriented ridge line.

Valuation

The villa is of general interest from a cultural-historical and architectural perspective as a well-preserved example of a large residential building from the 1920s of the 20th century, constructed in the Gooise country house style. Moreover, the property together with the property at Herdersweg 23 has ensemble and situational value because of the striking location at the edge of the heath and the integration of architecture and nature, which is expressed among other things in the striking, undulating ridge line. Furthermore, the property is of importance as a characteristic component of the oeuvre of architect W. Hamdorff.