Vredeoord

English translation

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Description

Introduction

Substantial detached VILLA with BARN, situated in a spacious garden on the west side of the Oranjelaan at the corner with the Jhr mr G.W. Molleruslaan. The building, originally named Vredeoord, was built in 1878 according to the design and at the commission of Amsterdam civil engineer and architect Theodor Sanders, the man with whom H.P. Berlage went to work after his studies. The original address was Oranjelaan 1. The building was constructed in a Transitional architecture in which influences of the Neo-Renaissance and (to a lesser extent) Art Nouveau are incorporated.

The building date of 1882 based on the numeral 82 in one of the corner ornaments of the stucco ceiling in the dining room is incorrect. This numeral is the catalogue number of one of the companies producing stucco ornaments around the turn of the century. The ornaments in the building are almost certainly from the Atelier Silberling & Zoon in Amsterdam-Sloterdijk. It is said that the stucco work was applied by the company Brüggemann in Apeldoorn.

The plot was subdivided in 1885 and again in 1925. In 1887 it is described as 'house, summer house, barn and garden'. The summer house stood, from the current perspective, behind the barn on the later separated part of the plot, now forming part of the garden of a building on the Prins Hendrikplein. The barn was later converted into a garage. The veranda against the right side wall was enclosed around 1910 and converted into a conservatory.

The dwelling was used for a long time as a doctor's residence with practice rooms and for this reason the interior was partially altered after 1973. Also in the nineteen-thirties an extension (scullery) was added on the left side. After 1973 the entrance to the practice rooms was placed in this extension.

Description

The building is of cross-bonded brickwork, erected on a rectangular ground plan and comprises two storeys under an hipped roof covered with partially hidden flat Friesian tiles with overhang on unproofiled and openwork-sawn wooden supports. The facades have a rendered plinth and on the first storey roof-tile courses and a rendered stripe above the windows. Furthermore a proofiled string course at the height of the first-floor level and an architrave below the roof edge. The first floor has rendered circular roll mouldings between the windows and wooden frontispieces with carved tympanum above the facade openings. Windows and garden doors are provided with louvres or sun blinds. The rendered components originally had a sandstone colour (still visible on the barn).

The nearly symmetrical FRONT FACADE facing away from the road has in the central axis the main entrance with on either side a substantial five-sided brick bay with single-light sash windows, which on the first floor carries a five-sided wooden bay with multi-light windows between proofiled posts. The entrance contains a natural wood door with cast-iron door grilles and a fanlight and above it a T-window with divided fanlight.

The LEFT SIDE FACADE is concealed from view on the ground floor on the left by the later extension. On the right the facade has on the ground floor a sash door and on the first floor a T-window and on the left a small single-light window. The symmetrically arranged REAR FACADE contains on the ground floor and the first floor three T-windows.

The RIGHT SIDE FACADE facing the Oranjelaan, four bays wide, has on the ground floor in the middle a broad rectangular conservatory with balcony with balustrade provided with openwork-sawn panels. The conservatory still possesses the original side walls of the veranda with openwork-sawn panels and hexagonal multi-light windows and proofiled posts. The conservatory has at the front a three-sided enclosure with single-light windows and doors and gently arched fanlights, filled with polychromatic Art Nouveau stained glass. To the left and right of this the facade in both storeys has a T-window. The balcony is accessible via two doors with single-light fanlight.

The INTERIOR is very richly detailed and contains stucco ceilings in almost all rooms. The hall and the stairwell have richly stuccoed walls. The stucco work of the hall refers to hunting and still retains its original colours. The conservatory still contains part of the original terrazzo floor of the veranda. On the attic there is a maid's room with bed-alcove with sliding door. Above the stairs on the first floor there is an original brass washhand tap. The draught door and the draught screen of the hall have etched glass with flower motifs.

The BARN of half-brick bond of brickwork is erected on a rectangular ground plan and has a gabled roof between slightly proofiled bargeboards, covered with red tuiles du nord. The barn dates from the period of construction and displays equal architectural characteristics. The facades still have the original roof-tile courses painted in sandstone colour. The front facade has a later cut-in garage door with in the gable top a cast-iron radial window. The side facades have arched 9-light windows and round cast-iron windows.

The garden is partly separated by a wooden fence dating from the nineteen-twenties. In the garden are a rain cellar and several substantial old trees, including a 150-year-old beech tree.

Valuation

VILLA with BARN from 1878 in Transitional architecture with influences of the Neo-Renaissance and Art Nouveau.

- Of architectural-historical value as a good and well-preserved example of a villa in Transitional architecture with ornamentation influenced by the Neo-Renaissance. The building stands out for high aesthetic qualities, such as the advanced use of materials and the very rich ornamentation. Characteristic features include among others the bays extending over two storeys, the veranda converted into a conservatory, the carved elements of windows and frames and the very richly executed interior. There is an ensemble value as part of the villa district de Parken, within which the building belongs to the villa types current around 1900, which together with the older and later types and styles very well illustrate the development of villa construction.

- Of urban value by virtue of its situation at the corner of the Oranjelaan and the Jhr.mr. G.W. Molleruslaan. Both lanes still possess a stock of historical houses preserved in relatively good condition, which together with the many private and public green elements form an attractive, valuable street scene.

- Of cultural-historical value as a recognizable element from a social development. The building was constructed as a residence for the new and wealthy urban elite, who preferred to establish themselves in substantial villas in spaciously laid-out romantically designed villa districts. De Parken is among the largest and oldest villa districts of this type in our country and its development contributed to a major change in the appearance of the village and the social stratification of its population.