Groeneveld

English translation

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Description

(indicated on the accompanying map with no. 1) MAIN BUILDING (Groeneveld). On the main axis of the layout lies the brick house Groeneveld adjoining a basecourt enclosed by farm buildings. The building comprises a corps de logis built around 1702 in late Louis XIV style and two curved side wings built before 1746. During this renovation the front section of the old core with the side wings was brought under one roof. Against the rear side a back kitchen and a single-storey extension (ca. 1795) were built in the eighteenth century. The corps de logis, which is accentuated by rusticated corner pilasters, consists of a basement and two storeys under a hipped roof covered with burnt tiles, which connects seamlessly to the roofing of the side wings. On the ridge ends stand brick chimneys decorated with ironwork and weathervanes and on the ridge ends of the side wings dummy wooden chimneys are placed. The attic was added during the renovation. The decorations on the front and rear facades are executed in natural stone. The symmetrically arranged, five-bay-wide front facade is adorned by the slightly projecting central section closed off by an arch-shaped pediment with the coat of arms of the Hasselaer family. The pediment is crowned by a finial and flanked by two sculptured figures representing the VOC and WIC, which are attributed to the sculptor Jan van Logteren. The framed double entrance door with fanlight is located on the piano nobile and is accessible via a stone steps. Above the door a balcony, resting on richly decorated consoles, and furnished with an iron balustrade with shell motif. The balcony window is likewise framed. On either side of the corps de logis two identical side wings of three bays. The window arrangement of the entire front facade consists of a basement window, a twenty-four-pane sash window with blinds on the piano nobile and a sixteen-pane sash window with blinds on the first storey. The windows were renewed in 1790 by Pieter Hasselaer and provided with larger glazing bars. The rear facade of the corps de logis, which is clearly recognizable as it is much deeper than the side wings, has the same window arrangement and possesses a virtually identical natural stone central section. The central section overlooks a double flight of steps and is crowned not by a pediment, as the front facade, but by a simple scrolled decoration against the cornice and a roof dormer. The rear facades of the wings are articulated by blind niches and multi-pane sash windows. Against the south wing a rectangular single-storey extension was built after 1774. In the corner between the north wing and the corps de logis is a curved projecting bay (connecting section), at the height of the piano nobile, resting on a small column of the Doric order. The enclosed character of the forecourt is reinforced by the main building being connected to the farm buildings by means of brick walls. In the wall is a monumental gate between two rusticated pillars with a capital of the Ionic order standing on a natural stone base and crowned by a vase. In the INTERIOR are noteworthy among other things the original ground plan of the corps de logis with a long corridor in the centre and on either side the rooms. The stucco work in the corps de logis is possibly by Ignatius van Logteren, the stucco work in the wings is by J. Trip from 1759. The corridor and the monumental staircase with skylight still possess the original finish. The corridor with marble tiles is richly decorated with stucco in Louis XIV style and has in the centre a niche with a renowned eighteenth-century statue of Neptune attributed to sculptor Jan van Logteren and presumed to have been made on commission of Pieter Cornelis Hasselaer. The walls of the corridor and staircase are articulated with pilasters. The finely carved stair rail is of wood. In the room at the left front are eighteenth-century wall paintings with portraits presumed to be of Pieter Corneliszoon Hasselaer and his wife Clara Sautijn in arcadian landscapes (restoration 1978-1982). This room was altered at the end of the eighteenth century in empire style with a stucco ceiling, empire overdoors in relief and mahogany-imitation panelling. The right front room contains remnants of eighteenth-century silk wallpaper. The music room in the left wing has stucco in Louis XVI style.

Valuation MAIN BUILDING (Groeneveld) of general importance

- on account of its age;

- as a fairly rare and representative example of a corps de logis with curved side wings;

- on account of the original ground plan and arrangement of the interior space of the corps de logis;

- on account of the sculpture by sculptor Jan van Logteren;

- on account of the well-preserved 18th-century interior decoration including the corridor and staircase in Louis XIV style;

- on account of the characteristic location within the historic garden and park layout;

- on account of the functional-spatial relationship with the other components of the country estate.