"Villa ""De Omval"""

English translation

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Description

Introduction.

The VILLA built in eclectic style is located behind the building line of the Molenstraat and is surrounded by a garden with shrubs and chestnuts, separated from the street by a wrought-iron ornamental fence.

Description.

The brick building with a basement has a complex ground plan and comprises two storeys above a basement and an attic storey under a flattened, composite hipped roof, covered with slate in Dutch bond (previously tiles). On the left a higher hipped roof edged with a non-original iron ornamental fence with richly decorated roof dormers with pediment, corbels and finials in the front and side roof sections. On the right in the front roof section an oeil-de-boeuf. Small roof lights in side and rear roof sections. The brick facades are laid in English bond, enlivened with various brick-courses of different length and a cornice running across three facades. They are finished with an architrave with a frieze and a profiled gutter on brackets. Along the basement several cellar hatches. Further in the facades red moulded bricks in the window recesses and the segmental arch stretches, natural stone quoins and closing stones with diamond heads and a projecting plinth. The rear facade is executed more simply. On the ground floor mostly arched 2-pane sash windows with leaded glass fanlight, on the first floor T-windows with segmental arch above decorated arch field. Further 3-pane windows with corresponding fanlights, mullion windows, coupled 2-pane windows and blind windows. The front facade consists of two parts, of which the left part projects slightly. Rusticated corner pilasters separate the parts from each other. In the left part on the ground floor a three-sided bay window with natural stone quoins and consoles that support the overlying balcony with balustrade. The right facade consists of three bays of which the right bay projects. In the corner a stone staircase with landing under a worked wooden canopy on a profiled wooden post, further iron landing railing and glazed wooden panelled door with ornamental ironwork. Against the left side facade a five-sided single-storey extension with overlying balcony with baluster railing. In the extension terrace doors with terrace and brick radiating staircase with small pillar-shaped finials on both sides bearing ornamental vases. Against the rear facade a single-storey extension with attic storey (containing a hoist door) under a slate-covered gabled roof. On this roof a high rising, somewhat modified, chimney. The central section of the rear facade projects. On the ground floor a rear door with leaded glass under segmental arch. From the interior the following are noteworthy: hall with white marble floor, stucco ceilings, panelled doors, leaded glass fanlights, large room with beam ceiling provided with keystone pieces, fireplace with twisted columns, basement with barrel vault.

Valuation.

The object is of general importance as it has architectural-historical value. It is of particular importance because of the high-quality aesthetic qualities of the design, the richly detailed ornamental work as well as the particular relationship between the exterior and components of the interior. Furthermore, the object has ensemble values. The villa together with the barn, the garden and the ornamental fence form a typical ensemble, which by its location on one of the main roads forms a characteristic part of the historical built environment of Boxtel. Furthermore, the object is of importance because of the architectural integrity of the exterior and components of the interior.