Woonhuis, Hoofdstraat 28

English translation

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Description

Introduction

DOUBLE MANSION built in 1886 after a design by architect G.H. PUBLIEKHUYSEN as FORWARDERS'/MERCHANTS' DWELLINGS with FORWARDING OFFICE on commission of the forwarder W.F. d'HARVANT. The front facades are executed in the style of Eclecticism, featuring a relatively simple Neo-Classical facade articulation and Neo-Renaissance elements. The right property was for some time the dwelling of burgher H.H. Christjani, mayor of Herwen and Aerdt from 1870 to 1900. The colossal building mass located directly on the dike which forms the Hoofdstraat has a narrow alley on both sides. At the location of the left alley a small gateway was built which originally provided access to an office space established in the left front room of the dwelling. The gateway with the space behind it now belongs to the property Hoofdstraat 34.

Description

The building block is erected on a rectangular floor plan which runs parallel to the dike. The properties have two storeys under a flattened hipped roof partly covered with bituminous shingles which replace the original slate covering and partly covered with weathered Mulden tiles. The side facades and rear facade are provided with rendering. The dwellings have a traditional layout with a central corridor. The front facade comprising ten bays is symmetrically laid out and is composed of the two nearly identical front facades of both dwellings. On the corners are rendered white-painted pilasters which are continued to the side facades. On the shared boundary of the dwellings there is a pilaster which marks the property boundary.

The pilasters are on the ground floor, as well as the framing of the doors, provided with block articulation. On the upper storey the pilasters are provided with recessed planes with profiled framing. The dwellings are each five bays wide. In the central bay of each property is the entrance which has a recessed double door accessible via two steps of hard stone. The central bay is accentuated on the upper storey on both sides by pilasters and is further accentuated in the roof by a zinc roof dormer with a slightly segmental pediment and a small ornamental finial. The hard stone plinth is painted grey. At the level of the lower sills of the windows of both the ground floor and the upper storey are rendered profiled drip mouldings. At the level of the transom rails of the sash windows are rendered bands. The windows are closed by segmental arches with rendered voussoirs and impost stones with pediment. The windows originally all had T-sash windows. At no.28 the central mullions of the ground floor windows have been removed. At no.30 fixed casement windows have been installed on the upper storey. No.30 also has a removable glazed frame with glazing bars on the ground floor. At this property all windows still have wooden roller shutters with lobed covers. Between the ground floor and the upper storey is an architrave band, a frieze and a profiled cornice. The facade is closed by a pediment with architrave, worked frieze with richly ornamented consoles, an egg-and-dart moulding and strongly profiled wooden gutter board. The left alley is closed with a small gateway with wooden door with the same detailing and finish as the windows of the dwellings. The SIDE FACADES are executed blind. The REAR FACADE, which has been altered in parts over time, has flat pilasters on the corners. The facade has in the basement various windows and doors. It is possible that both properties originally had a conservatory at the level of the ground floor. No.30 has a modern bay window with balcony above at the location of the left bay. At the level of the ground floor, to the right of the bay window and across the full width of the facade, is a non-original balcony. The austere partially modernised INTERIOR of no.30 retains the original layout and has amongst other things an original stairwell with carved newel and iron balusters, panelled doors, two marble fireplace mantels and an ornamented stucco ceiling.

Valuation

DOUBLE MANSION built in 1886 after a design by architect G.H. PUBLIEKHUYSEN as FORWARDERS'/MERCHANTS' DWELLINGS with FORWARDING OFFICE on commission of the forwarder W.F. d'HARVANT.

- Of architectural-historical value as a good example of a stately richly detailed double mansion in the style of Eclecticism with a combination characteristic of the building period of a relatively simple Neo-Classical facade articulation and Neo-Renaissance elements. The dwellings stand out through the high-quality aesthetic qualities of the design which are expressed amongst other things in the fine proportions, the beautiful detailing and the use of materials. Characteristic of the building are the rendered corner pilasters, ornamented consoles and the rendered voussoirs and impost stones.

- Of urban value as part of the historically developed village centre of Tolkamer within which the dwellings as part of the historic building stock on the Hoofdstraat form a striking and defining element.

- Of cultural-historical value as former forwarders' dwellings from whose function the dwellings are closely connected with the socio- and economic-historical history of the village of Tolkamer situated near the German border on the Rhine which in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century experienced a period of prosperity through the rise of brick manufacturing, the construction of a shipyard and the expansion of customs functions.