Woonhuis, Breukelsestraat 32

English translation

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Description

Introduction.

On the otherwise ribbon-developed Breukelsestraat, at number 32, there is a VILLA situated far behind the building line. The detached property is oriented with its ridge perpendicular to the street. On the front, left and rear sides is an ornamental garden which on the front is separated from the street by a hedge with wrought-iron fencing. The residential house belongs to the earliest development on the Breukelsestraat. On a stone plaque to the right of the central door in the front facade is the text: 'L.F. VAN EMPEL / 7-4-1863', presumably referring to the client and building year. Stylistically, the property belongs to the Chalet style with detailing showing influences from Eclecticism.

During renovations in the seventies and nineties, single-storey extensions were built on the right and rear facades. A dormer window and new chimney were later added to the left roof panel. The roof overhang has been sealed with sheeting. Internally, the house has been partially modernised, particularly the eastern half.

Description.

The cellared residential house has a rectangular floor plan with two shallow single-storey extensions with flat roofs on the rear facade. The property has one storey and an attic storey beneath a gabled roof covered with dark blue interlocking tiles with large overhang. At the foot of the roof, gutters on brackets and on the front and rear sides wind braces, decoratively scalloped on the rear. The facades are provided with dressed white rendering and most of the facade openings are bordered with a moulded list. Across the symmetrical front facade a balcony bordered with iron balusters and decorative fencing and resting on four cast-iron columns. On the upper storey two and on the ground floor three glazed, double panel doors, with semicircular transoms containing sugarloaf glazing bars. The doors are fitted with Venetian blinds. Along the lower front facade in the plinth are diamond-shaped decorations. In the left facade a 4-light fixed window with transom as aforementioned and with shutters and a possibly later glazed double door. Centrally on the rear facade a built-out single-storey original porch on a rectangular floor plan with in the centre a wooden, bolted door with semicircular transom as aforementioned. Above this a glazed double door with ditto transom with to its right an oval tilting window. Centrally in the front facade the entrance door behind which vestibule and passage to the rear door. On the left side living rooms and on the right side former kitchen and staircase to the upper storey. From the interior, noteworthy are: black and white marble tiles in the central passage, panel doors, sliding doors with bevelled glass, cellar with barrel vault and red tiles.

Valuation.

The object is of general interest because it has cultural-historical value on the basis of its remarkable typology for a residential house. Furthermore, the object has architectural-historical value. Due to its high-quality aesthetic qualities and special use of materials, it is of importance for the history of architecture. The object also has ensemble values. Together with the ornamental garden and the iron street fence, the residential house forms a valuable ensemble, which due to the location of the house (far behind the building line) gives a characteristic historical image of the earliest development on the Breukelsestraat. The object is intact in its main form and parts of the interior and has rarity value. It is of importance due to an architectural-historical and typological rarity.