Vreedenhoff

English translation

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Description

Description

MAIN BUILDING. Brick, block-shaped main building constructed between 1749 and 1753 presumably by the Amsterdam architect Jean Coulon (1678-1760). The building erected on a square ground plan with rusticated corner pilasters consists of a basement and two storeys finished with a cornice provided with consoles and beneath a hipped roof covered with slate (originally tiles) with brick corner chimneys. In the middle of the roof hangs a bronze bell with the inscription 'Soli Deo Gloria 1753'. The symmetrical, five-bay-wide front facade has a central risalit with a richly decorated natural stone entrance section in Louis XV style. On a blue stone stone steps (with garden vases on either side from the Gelderse Toren) is, between two pilasters with Ionic capital, the double entrance door with an arched fanlight provided with simple decoration in Empire style (Louis XVI) and above it a multi-pane storey window. On either side of the central section latticed basement windows and multi-pane windows with Venetian blinds. The rear facade has an extension, externally five-sided and internally eight-sided, dome chamber flanked by a window strip with a latticed basement window and multi-pane windows. The dome chamber is crowned by a wooden balustrade with centrally a crested wooden decorative piece and also has a richly decorated partly natural stone and partly wooden central section consisting of a framed multi-pane window crowned by a sculptured decorative piece with two putti. On the balcony before the double door is wrought iron railwork by Gijsbert van Dijk. The central section is flanked by two windows. Above the windows on either side of the decorative piece an oval niche is cut out. The northern side facade has several windows and an entrance to the basement. The southern side facade is between 1907-1909 provided with a conservatory with stone steps. From the right end of the facade the natural stone steps with balustrade lead with a curve to the conservatory at the left end. The semicircular conservatory consists of Belgian marble columns with a capital that carry a balcony provided with an iron balustrade between piers. To the right of the conservatory are two doors: on the left a framed entrance door with an arched fanlight and on the right a door with multi-pane fanlight above which is a small balcony with iron railwork carried by two richly decorated consoles. The facade is further filled with multi-pane windows with Venetian blinds, balcony doors and three roof dormers. In the INTERIOR particularly noteworthy are the well-preserved 18th-century floor plan with a corridor in the middle and the well-preserved 18th-century fitting-out of the rooms in Louis XV style in particular the doors, the stucco work in the corridor; the woodcarving of the staircase; the dome chamber with stucco work, wainscoting and sideboard cupboard; the rear right room with stucco work, wainscoting and fireplace with stucco on the breast. The carving of the staircase, doors and dome chamber was executed by sculptor Jan de Ruyter, the stucco work is by Joannes Bistoli.

Assessment

MAIN BUILDING of general importance:

- on account of its age;

- on account of the well-preserved architectural design in Louis XV style with dome chamber;

- on account of the coherence between the exterior and interior components;

- on account of the well-preserved 18th-century spatial layout and interior decoration;

- 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 estate.