Gemeentehuis, Zuidkade 8

English translation

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Description

Introduction

Former residence of Mr K. van der Torren, alderman and councillor of Waddinxveen, converted in 1910 by local contractor G. den Hoed into the TOWN HALL of Waddinxveen. The coats of arms on the facades and in the stained-glass window of the stairwell light recall this function. In the Transitional architecture of the exterior, influence from Neo-Renaissance and Berlage is recognizable. Art Nouveau design is applied in the stained glass and in the interior.

Description

Building of two storeys on a rectangular ground plan beneath a shallow sloping hipped roof with half-timbered Tuile du Nord tiles and zinc roof finials. The square corner tower has four storeys beneath a flat roof. Running around it an extending wooden gutter cornice decorated in the form of fish on brackets. The north and east facades are built in red brick and provided with a high rendered rusticated plinth closed off by a moulded cornice. The south and west facades are rendered. Windows with multi-pane fanlights, partly in combined frames, with decoratively worked wooden styles. Above the windows concrete lintels with herringbone-pattern moulding. Concrete drip mouldings with splatter edges. Above the central entrance in the front facade (north) a large bay section with chamfered corners on natural stone corbels. The bay is continued in a large brick dormer under a steep roof. In the fanlight of the double door stained glass and a lantern. On either side of the door side windows with stained-glass frames. In the pediment of the dormer a herringbone-pattern frieze built in light red brick under natural stone coping and a top pilaster with natural stone ornament. On the left the square corner tower with spandrels under round arches filled with black-and-white check tiles on all four sides at the top. Corner pilasters built in red facing brick, crowned above the flat roof by decorative concrete stones. On the first floor in the side facade a double glass door with French balcony to which the flagpole holder is attached. In the roof slope a small dormer with arched small window beneath a shallow hipped roof. Interior

Of the original interior, the hall and stairwell in Art Nouveau design have been preserved among other things. The draught lobby is closed off by a large glass screen with double glass door and decorative glazing bars with continuous curved lines and panes of green glass. Directly opposite the entrance a grand staircase in dark oak with wooden railing as balustrade. At the level of the landing in the rear facade a stained-glass window with the coat of arms of Waddinxveen. On ground floor and first floor in the hall original (partly double) panelled doors in dark oak with glazing bars in windows. Around windows and doors heavy wooden frames. Stained-glass windows in Art Nouveau design with soft pastel colours and decorative lines.

Valuation

The town hall is of general importance because of its cultural-historical value as an expression of administrative development in the municipality. The town hall is moreover of general importance because of its architectural-historical value due to the characteristic Transitional architecture and the distinctive recognizable typology with the corner towers. Art Nouveau design is applied in the interior, a reasonably rare occurrence in the rural area of the province of South Holland. The building is to a high degree intact in main form, use of materials and detailing, both externally and internally. The building is moreover of importance from an urban planning perspective due to its landmark position on the Gouwe in the village centre of Waddinxveen.