Directeurswoning, IJsseldijk-West 35

English translation

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Description

Introduction

In 1885 Mr Capelle van Hogendijk commissioned the construction of a RESIDENTIAL HOUSE built against the dike with the character of a gentleman's house-like dike house, which served as a director's residence for the opposite brick factory "De Molenplaats". The house is built in an Eclectic style and is situated outside the dike along the IJssel dike, just outside the village centre of Ouderkerk aan de IJssel. The fairly deep rear garden features a modest landscape layout with several monumental deciduous trees, among which stand two, presumably 17th-century garden ornaments. In 1939 the then occupant, A.T. van der Leeden, had a garage built on the south side of the house, which in its design corresponds with the architectural style of the residence. The brick factory was closed after straightening a bend in the IJssel. The former director's residence is one of the few reminders of this branch of industry, which was once common along the IJssel.

N.B. In 1970 the residence underwent renovation, whereby a single-storey office section was added to the rear and part of the interior at the level of the basement was modernised. The extension to the rear of the building is therefore of secondary importance for protection.

Description

Dike house built against the dike on a rectangular plan, consisting of two storeys with cellar and basement storey, constructed from a sandstone plinth in rendered brickwork with scored joints. The gabled roof is covered with dulled glazed clay tiles in a cross pattern, has small finials on the ridges and two chimneys at the front. The sash windows are simplified and the fanlights in the front facade are filled with leaded glass. The monumental front facade (west) is a symmetrically arranged cornice-topped facade of five bays, which is terminated by a main cornice with a closed attic and has a centrally placed slightly projecting entrance section, consisting of a double panelled door under a fanlight with an integrated lantern. Above the entrance rests a balcony on consoles, accessible via double balcony doors with fanlight. The balcony has a wooden balustrade with turned balusters and at the corners vase-shaped ornaments. At the location of the balcony the main cornice has a decoratively executed frieze. On either side of the entrance section are two windows placed on the ground floor and the first floor. The facade is provided with banded pilasters at the corners of the facade and on either side of the entrance projection, ending with double consoles under the eaves. The front facade is horizontally articulated by drip mouldings and a string course. Centrally above the front facade a roof dormer surrounded by a wooden main cornice with purlins and triangular pediment with ball motif.

Rear and side facades are executed relatively soberly in comparison with the front facade. The three-storey rear facade consists on the left of the modern single-storey extension and on the right of an extension with one storey. In this facade is a door under a fanlight and windows at the level of the three storeys are placed, partly under fanlights filled with leaded glass. Centrally above the facade is a simple roof dormer. The left side facade (north) has stairwell windows at the level of the second and third storeys. Furthermore, windows of various sizes are placed in this facade. The right side facade (south) is partly concealed behind an extension. Furthermore, two windows with leaded glass fanlights are placed in this facade on the ground floor and one window on the first and second floors. The extension has facades of rendered brickwork with scored joints under a gabled roof with dulled glazed clay tiles in a cross pattern. A garage door is placed in the front of the extension.

Internally, the building has largely retained the original plan layout and detailing, including panelled doors. The hall located in the central axis has a draught vestibule, enclosed by a draught door with etched glass. Halfway along is a cross-placed staircase with landing on the left side, provided with a carved newel post, worked balusters and a marble washbasin. The staircase is accessible via a double door under a barrel-vault-shaped fanlight within a wooden frame. The representative rooms are richly decorated with stucco ceilings with cove mouldings and marble fireplaces. In the cellar are a safe and a cellar room with barrel-vault vaults.

Valuation

Residential house from 1885 is of general interest on account of its cultural and architectural-historical value as a characteristic example of a former director's residence at a brick factory that is a reminiscence of the brick industry once common along the IJssel, which had an important socio-economic function for this area and a national significance. Also typologically of importance as a substantial dike house with basement storey, which has the allure of a gentleman's house, built in an Eclectic style with Neoclassicist elements, especially recognizable in the richly executed front facade. The building is, as regards exterior and interior, fairly well preserved in its main form, material use and detailing. As a dike house, it is of urban planning and landscape significance, particularly on account of its striking visual impact along the IJssel dike.