De Peppel

English translation

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Description

Introduction

Detached VILLA "De Peppel", now residential house with office in the basement, built in the last decade of the nineteenth century in a mixed architectural style with elements of the neo-renaissance, such as horizontal bands in white rendered work, relieving arches with rendered voussoirs and springers, arch fillings with decorative brickwork and diamond bosses; and elements of the chalet style, such as the roof overhang, carved drip moulds and a wooden conservatory. The architect is unknown.

In the 17th and 18th centuries a series of country estates developed on the edges of the Veluwezoom; the transition between the elevated glacial moraine landscape and the low marshy lands along the rivers IJssel and Rijn. During the 19th century many of these estates were purchased, subdivided and built with spaciously situated villas. Similarly, the estate Hulkenstein was opened for development at the end of the nineteenth century by the N.V. Fortuna. Villa "De Peppel" was the first building project on the newly laid out Hulkensteinseweg. The property is situated on the building line on the south side of the Hulkensteinseweg, at the corner with the Klingelbeekseweg. The remaining buildings on the plot are not protected.

Description

VILLA of two storeys, basement and attic storey on rectangular ground plan, with a wooden conservatory on the left side and a small stone extension at the rear. Because the site slopes to the south in the direction of the Rijn, the basement storey forms an almost complete storey at the rear. The brick facades are laid in English bond with jointed mortar and are articulated horizontally by a plinth, drip moulds at the level of the eaves, a string course at the level of the floor and white rendered stone bands and corner blocks. The gabled roof has its ridge perpendicular to the street and is covered with pantiles. In the left and right roof slope are each two wooden roof dormers (single-light casement and four-sided zinc spire with finial) and a chimney with stone bands. The substantial roof overhang is supported on the left and right sides by worked corbels and wall posts, and on the front and rear by blocks. The gable tops are furnished with wooden fillings. Under profiled gutter and roof mouldings are worked drip moulds.

The symmetrically arranged FRONT FACADE is three window bays wide and has in the first storey a high stone plinth, a ground-level opening and three rectangular windows with sash windows, single-light fanlights and louver shutters. The middle window is relieved by a straight lintel with cornice, and the outer windows by a blind segmental arch with rendered voussoirs and springers. The arch fields are filled with decorative brickwork and stucco diamond bosses. Below the windows is an elongated rectangular panel field with decorative brickwork. The second storey has three rectangular windows with two-light lower sashes, single-light fanlights and louver shutters. The middle window is relieved by a blind basket arch, and the outer windows by a blind segmental arch with rendered voussoirs and springers. The arch field of the middle window is filled with decorative brickwork and stucco diamond bosses. Below the windows are rectangular panel fields. In the middle panel field is the name "DE PEPPEL". The attic storey has in the middle two coupled narrow sash windows under blind round arches with rendered voussoirs and springers and diamond bosses. The front facade is concluded by a stepped frieze of white rendered work.

The LEFT SIDE FACADE is three window bays wide. In the middle a staircase with wrought iron railings (twisted balusters) leads to an entrance, consisting of a stone step, threshold and pillars; a panelled door with four lights and two cast iron grilles; a profiled moulding and a single-light fanlight. To the right of the entrance is a flat-roofed wooden conservatory on a stone plinth. The worked posts are provided with chamfered edges, drip mouldings and simple capitals. Between the posts are large two-light windows with panels at the base. Under the profiled roof moulding is a lobed drip mould. To the left of the entrance is a window of the same type as in the second storey of the front facade. The second storey has in the left bay a plaster-finished blindness in block bond; in the middle a small two-light window; in the right bay a window of the same type as in the second storey of the front facade. The RIGHT SIDE FACADE has two window bays. The basement storey has on the left two coupled single-light casements with theft bars, and on the right an entrance with wooden door of beadwork. The first storey has on the left a balcony (railing: cast iron balusters, wooden corner pieces) with double balcony door and single-light fanlight, and on the right a T-sash window with single-light fanlight. The balcony door and the window are provided with louver shutters and are closed by blind segmental arches with rendered voussoirs and springers. The arch fields are filled with decorative brickwork and rendered diamond bosses. The second storey has on the left a T-sash window of the same type as in the first storey, and on the right a pivoting window with single-light fanlight. The three-bay-wide REAR FACADE has in the middle of the basement storey and the first storey a small extension with balcony. In the extension are two small single-light casements and a panelled door under blind segmental arch. The basement storey has to the right of the extension opening windows with theft bars and louver shutters, and to the left of the extension a modern extension with a balcony. The first storey has on either side of the extension a double glass door with single-light fanlight and blind segmental arch with rendered voussoirs and springers. The balcony on the extension is fitted with an iron garden gate and is accessible via a double glass door with three-light fanlight and blind segmental arch with rendered voussoirs and springers. On either side of this balcony door is an opening window with single-light fanlight and blind segmental arch with rendered voussoirs and springers. The louver shutters of the left window and the balcony door have been removed. The attic storey has in the middle an opening window with three-light fanlight and louver shutters under a blind basket arch with decorative brickwork and rendered diamond bosses. On either side of this window is a non-original single-light casement. The rear facade is concluded by a stepped frieze of white rendered work.

The INTERIOR possesses a number of original elements, such as a hallway and stairwell with white marble floor, panelled doors and main staircase with worked newel post; an en-suite room with stucco ceiling, sliding doors and wooden fireplace with blue/white tiles with depictions of children's games.

Valuation

Detached VILLA "De Peppel" from c. 1890-1900.

- Of architectural-historical value as a good example of a detached villa from the last decade of the nineteenth century in neo-renaissance style with chalet-style elements. The property stands out due to high-quality aesthetic qualities in the exterior, such as varied use of materials and special ornamentation (rendered bands and ornaments, carved woodwork), and some original interior elements, such as hallway and stairwell with white marble floor, main staircase with worked newel post, en-suite room with stucco ceilings and tiled wooden fireplace. As such, the property has architectural-historical rarity value in Arnhem.

- Of urban planning value due to its prominent location at the corner of the Hulkensteinseweg and the Klingelbeekseweg, situated on the sloping terrain of the northern Rijn bank with monumental trees. Villa "De Peppel" belongs to the first villas built after the subdivision of the old Hulkenstein estate. The property now forms part of a series of large and small villas in various architectural styles, which has resulted in a characteristic historically developed streetscape and in which the property plays a visually defining role.