Woonhuis, Stationsweg 27

English translation

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Description

Introduction

The TOWNHOUSE at Stationsweg 27 was designed in 1895 by Christiaan Bernhard Posthumus Meyjes (1858-1922) in the style of Neo-Dutch Renaissance. He made one design for Stationsstraat 23 to 27, in which number 23 and 25 are designed in the style of Neo-French Renaissance and number 27 in the style of Neo-Dutch Renaissance. The small gate of number 25 borders on the right side of number 27. Posthumus Meyjes made frequent use of Neo-Renaissance styles. His designs are generally monumentally proportioned and richly decorated. Number 27 forms part of the eastern facade wall on the Stationsweg. In front of the house there is still a wrought-iron fence at the street. The relief with VANK symbol in the front facade must have been added later, since the Nederlandsche Vereniging voor Ambachts- en Nijverheidskunst (VANK) was only founded in 1904. On the roof the bullet tiles at the front have been replaced by zinc plates.

Description

The residential house is cellared and comprises three storeys under a truncated hipped roof, originally covered with bullet tiles. The facades are built in red brick, the front facade in dark red brick with stretcher courses, drip moulds, setting stones and ornaments in sandstone. drip moulds in hard stone. Right-angled windows with fanlights under segmental arches. The higher-raised right part of the front facade (west) consists of a three-sided oriel over two storeys. Above it a rectangular timber oriel between two side lights, under a truncated hipped roof with a small balcony on top. On either side of the timber oriel as well as carved timber balcony railings on it. The right part is crowned by a raised neck gable with small obelisks and a relief with VANK symbol. Furthermore, the neck gable is ornamented with diamond heads, volutes, consoles and a plaque with 'Anno 1896'. The left part has one window bay. On the ground floor a timber panel door with glass and decorative ironwork forms the entrance, above a hard stone staircase with stair posts and a parapet of sandstone. Above the entrance a balcony with a carved timber balcony railing. The left part of the facade is terminated by a gutter above a decorative string course of brickwork. In the roof a few small dormer windows. Leaded glass in the fanlights on the ground floor. On the upper storeys the fanlights are divided into arched and semicircular panes. Decorative brickwork in the archivolts. Human and animal heads in the keystones.

The side facade (south) is almost windowless. Two small high-placed small windows on the ground floor. Two tall brick chimneys above the roofline.

In the rear facade (east) the right window bay projects on the ground floor and first storey. On the ground floor on the right a door, to the left of the projecting section a conservatory under a truncated gabled roof, with a balcony above it with a timber balcony railing. The facade is terminated by a projecting gutter, above which a dormer window.

Interior

Of the interior the following have been preserved among others: panel doors; simple stucco ceilings; ensuite rooms on the ground floor and first storey; suite doors and volutes between rooms; fireplaces with red and black marble; timber window sills with panels. Barrel-vaulted ceilings and tile floor in the cellar. On the ground floor a parquet floor in herringbone pattern. In the hall and stairwell among other features: marble floor and skirting; a panel draught door with leaded glass related to Art Nouveau; timber stair posts, balusters and hanging ornamental balls; stair railing terminating in a scroll.

Valuation

The townhouse is of general importance due to cultural and architectural-historical significance on account of the Neo-Dutch Renaissance style in the exterior. Moreover, the design is characteristic of the oeuvre of C.B. Posthumus Meyjes. Thanks to the prominent location on the Stationsweg, the townhouse is also of considerable value from an urban planning perspective. The ensemble value of the house in combination with Stationsweg 23 and 25 is moreover particularly high. The exterior of the townhouse is well-preserved, of the interior some components have been preserved.