Donkervliet

English translation

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Description

Description

The VILLA in neo-Renaissance style from 1893 is constructed on a composite ground plan of two unequal joined rectangles and consists of two storeys under a high hipped roof covered with red slate tiles in Dutch bond. The wooden balustrade on the roof is a later addition (falls outside the protection). The facades are raised above a natural stone plinth in brick in header bond and flush-pointed. A double natural stone cordon band and a cornice and continuous ornamental brickwork bands in yellow facing brick articulate the facades. At structurally and decoratively important points natural stone blocks have been used. The relieving arches have a keystone with lion's head motif. The arch rings are filled with coloured tile mosaic. Broad T-windows with two-paned fanlights have been installed all around. Various window types occur, most of which have a sash window with divided fanlight, French doors (garden, balcony) and three strip windows as well as a Serlian window in one of the gable ends. The conservatory contains composite windows.

The front facade (north-east side) is three window-axes wide. The entrance with a panelled door under a carved door hood and fanlight is placed on the central axis. A hardstone step with four treads leads to the entrance. Above the entrance a renewed window has been installed. To the right is a projecting two-storey gable section with richly detailed spout gable featuring applied stone pieces, crowned by a broken pediment. A T-window has been placed on the ground floor and first floor. The gable top is furnished with a roof light, set between pilasters carrying a cornice. To the left of the entrance is a wooden rectangular conservatory with decorative woodcarving, accessible via a masonry step. Above it is a T-window.

The right side facade has to the right a gable end with slight projection with a window both on the ground floor and the first floor. To the left of this a Serlian window has also been placed in the gable top.

The left side facade contains three windows and a door in the flat-roofed extension (kitchen) on the ground floor and three windows on the first floor. On the rear side to the right is the previously discussed kitchen extension with one window, a room built out under a balcony with masonry balustrade. To the left of this a window has been placed on both the ground floor and first floor. Double doors adjoin the balcony and to the left a window strip. To the right of the central middle corridor is a large (open-plan) living room. On the left are a room adjoining the conservatory and kitchen at the front. The same layout with a central middle corridor is also on the first floor. The various rooms have high ceilings with a cove all around. The corridor on the ground floor is provided with marble paving. The originally seventeenth-century cellar to the left under the house is fitted with a beam ceiling.

Valuation

The house is of general importance for its architectural-historical value as an example of a villa in neo-Renaissance style, as well as for the intact main form and detailing and almost original layout. Furthermore, the house with its ornamental garden is of landscape value for its prominent siting, near the Donkervlietse bridge over the Angstel.