Welgelegen

English translation

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Description

Introduction

RESIDENTIAL BUILDING Welgelegen from 1927-1929, belonging to the complex of that name which was established by will by Sister van der Vegt (? - 1924). The building in Interwar architecture with a light reference to a restrained Expressionism designed by architect S.F. Hoekstra from Akkrum, forms the main object of the complex.

Description

Symmetrically designed single-storey building on an elongated floor plan under an overhanging hipped roof with red improved Dutch tiles and consisting of a slightly projecting polygonal central section under a hipped roof with chimney and semi-circular roof lights; on either side wings slightly curved towards the garden, each with five (partially underbuilt?) dwellings. Facing masonry of reddish-brown brick in Norwegian bond with a bead course as termination of the plinth. In the central section a passage under a beam ceiling; in the facade openings a concrete lintel; flooring of double hardburnt grey tiles. The passage is interrupted by a wooden draught door with side lights. In the side wall is a commemorative stone affixed in remembrance of the first board of the Welgelegen Foundation with the inscription: WELGELEGEN Founded by Miss S. R. van der Vegt. 1924. Jac: Bleeker. chairman: J.E. de Jong secretary: treasurer: Trustees: H.C. van Slooten. Dr. J.A. van der Sluis. Nanne Ottema. Built in 1928. The spaces on either side of the passage are designed as depressed fuel storage area with space for the central heating installation and workshop for the gardener respectively. A door with fanlight provides access; a staircase in one of the spaces leads to the loft. The wings on the garden side are regularly divided by windows with upper and side lights (living rooms) and spout-frame windows (bedrooms); the former are no longer entirely original; the latter have retained the original glazing bars. The design of the rear facades is more lively: variation in bond patterns in the facade surfaces between the recessed window porches, light openings of different sizes for kitchen, toilet and shed. All windows still have the original glazing bars. The porches with brick stoep, front door with four-pane glass panel and on either side four-pane side lights. In the roof slope on the rear facade dormers between which a brick chimney. An exception to this are the dwellings next to the central section and those at the ends of the wing, which also have a dormer in the gable slope. INTERIOR. The interiors of the dwellings are uniform and largely original; the detailing likewise. The central 'circulation space' is the hall from which all rooms are accessible: toilet, straight staircase with landing to the loft, kitchen, shed and living and bedroom. The doors to the bedroom and living room are placed diagonally opposite; some of the doors with applied panel still have the original palmwood door handles. The flooring consists of double hardburnt tiles in a black and white block pattern. The wall panelling of the hallway is tiled (iridescent glaze) and with a black moulding. In the bedroom from old there is a fixed washbasin and a cupboard wall with passage to the living room. In each dwelling a ventilation system. The unjointed loft with improved Dutch collar tie combined with a hanging structure is accessible from the gardener's workshop via a fixed staircase with simple wooden balustrade.

Valuation

RESIDENTIAL BUILDING Welgelegen from 1927-1929 of general cultural- and architectural-historical importance:

- owing to its age;

- owing to its origins and use history;

- as the main object of an architecturally and garden-architecturally valuable complex;

- as a late expression of a historical tradition, namely the establishment of charitable institutions by wealthy persons;

- as a special expression of a typological development, namely a residential building (home) with individual dwellings;

- owing to the high-quality aesthetic quality of the design;

- owing to the importance of the design for the oeuvre of architect S.F. Hoekstra;

- owing to the significance for architecture and building technique through respectively the application of diagonally placed doors in the dwellings and a ventilation system;

- owing to the high degree of architectural integrity of the exterior;

- owing to the high degree of integrity of the interior;

- owing to the special coherence between the residential building and the garden;

- owing to the presence in the village of Akkrum of two comparable institutions in close proximity to each other, each with a special garden layout;

- owing to the special significance of the building for the appearance of the centre of the village of Akkrum.