Woonhuis, Parkstraat 30

English translation

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Description

Introduction

Block of two TOWNHOUSES with IRONWORK, built around 1870 in eclectic style. At no. 30 two offices are now located, while at no. 32 rooms are rented out. The houses are situated in the southern façade wall of Parkstraat in the Spijkerkwartier, a residential district largely laid out in the last quarter of the 19th century, of which the southern part has been predominantly built with townhouses. The Spijkerkwartier takes its name from the estate "Geldersch Spijker", which originally lay here. In Kastanjelaan there still stand two stone gate posts belonging to the entrance of the estate, of which the house lay at the place where the intersection of Parkstraat with Prins Hendrikstraat now lies. The last owner of the estate Miss H. Koops concluded an agreement with the Municipality in 1865 concerning the laying out of a new street over part of her property. This western section of Parkstraat, built between 1865 and 1872, ended in the east at the old country house. In 1878 Miss Koops sold the estate to the municipality. After demolition of the country house, Parkstraat was extended eastwards and a new street crossing Parkstraat was laid out between Spijkerstraat and Boulevard Heuvelink, the present-day Prins Hendrikstraat. The building of Prins Hendrikstraat, the middle section of Parkstraat and the north side of the eastern section of Parkstraat took place mainly in the period 1878-1889 and was left to private individuals. Miss Koops herself moved into the newly built corner building at Parkstraat 47, which she called Villa Gelders Spijker.

The block Parkstraat 30 and 32, situated in the oldest westernmost section of Parkstraat, has on the left and right a back alley and at the front a front garden bounded by wrought-iron ironwork.

Description

Detached block of two townhouses on rectangular ground plan with three-sided enclosed extensions at the rear consisting of a basement, three storeys and an attic storey under a flat roof with surrounding roof edges covered with red curved pan tiles (no. 32) and red Romanesque and newly restored Dutch pan tiles (no. 30). In the middle of the front slope there is a rendered chimney.

The mirror-symmetrically divided block contains eight window bays and comprises two front façades of four window bays, of which the basement and the first storey are asymmetrically divided and the second and third storeys are symmetrically divided. Window bays two and three on the one hand and six and seven on the other hand form projections (risalits) in which the entrance sections are located with balconies above.

The front façades, separated by a narrow groove, are rendered. The front façade of no. 30 is moreover painted white. The basement is clad with a plinth of tooled stone plates. At the level of the first storey horizontal grooves have been worked into the plaster. At the level of the floor level there is a band course. The façade is closed off by a corniced main entablature, the frieze of which is provided with casements and block dentil courses at the location of the risalits. The main entablature is closed off with a profiled, corniced cornice.

In the risalits there are on the left (no. 32) and on the right (no. 30) panel doors with two panes, cast-iron grilles and arched fanlights. The grilles of no. 32 are being restored. Border steps with stone landings and treads at right angles to the front façade provide access to the front doors. At the end of the landings at the level of the basement is a coal hole, which at no. 32 has moreover been closed. The stairs are shielded by a rendered wall topped with stone plates and provided with ornamented wrought-iron railings with cast-iron pillars. Wrought-iron railings are attached to the front façade. On either side of the stairs, which span the full width of the risalits, there is one arched basement window with sash window and rendered arched reveal.

The doors are flanked by respectively one and two arched windows with sash windows and arched fanlights. Below the windows are rendered panels.

Above the doors and windows in the risalits there are on the first floor over the full width of the risalit balconies on four ornamented consoles with balustrades consisting of wooden corner and middle posts with casements and wrought-iron railings. At no. 30 the woodwork of the balustrade has been altered. Double balcony doors and windows with sash windows, both provided with an arched fanlight open onto the balconies. On either side of the risalit there are arched windows with T-sash windows, arched fanlights and wooden sills. The fanlights of no. 30 have a hinged fanlight. Doors and windows on the first floor are provided with a profiled frame and are closed off with an arched cornice, the doors and windows in the risalits are closed off by a frieze with cornice.

In the second storey there are arched windows of which the top seems to push the frieze upwards. These windows are provided with a profiled frame and 2-pane sash windows. Below the sills there are rendered panels with a scalloped underside.

The LEFT SIDE FAÇADE is grey rendered, has various windows of different sizes and is closed off by an architrave course, a frieze and a gutter on consoles. Against the left side façade there is a rendered wall section with an arched wooden gate, which provides access to the back garden.

The RIGHT SIDE FAÇADE is rendered, has various windows of different sizes and is closed off by an architrave course, a frieze and a gutter on consoles. The recessed REAR FAÇADE is rendered and provided with an architrave course and two three-sided enclosed extensions that span the full height of the façade. The recessed section of no. 32 has at the level of the first storey a conservatory with balcony. In the rear façade there are arched window and door openings with sash windows, partly with T-division, sash windows, altered windows and doors and double doors with multi-pane fanlights. The front gardens are separated from the pavement by ornamented wrought-iron IRONWORK with double swing gates between cast-iron pillars. In front of the back alley of no. 32 there is a simple wrought-iron bar railing with single swing gate.

The original INTERIOR of no. 30 has been almost entirely lost. Only a remnant of the stair railing has been preserved. In the interior of no. 32 the original layout and a large number of original elements have been preserved such as the vestibule with marble floor, stair treads and plinths. The painting of the vestibule has been reconstructed. Further preserved are: the hall with marble floor and stairwell with two-flight border stair with profiled handrail, cast-iron spindles and carved stair posts; the cellar with a floor consisting of multicoloured patterned tiles and a kitchen with serving hatch and hearth; a number of richly ornamented stucco ceilings. The ceiling in the right front room is moreover polychromely painted with flowers and foliage scrolls, which symbolize the four seasons. Finally, panel doors in profiled frame and folding shutters have been preserved throughout the house.

Appraisal

Block of two TOWNHOUSES with IRONWORK from c. 1870.

- Of architectural-historical importance as a fine and well-preserved example of a block of two townhouses in eclectic style.

- Of urban design value as part of the western section of Parkstraat with white-rendered townhouses on both sides built at the same time and in the same style, of which the properties 6-22 and 1-13 project forward compared to the properties in the rest of the street and thus serve a kind of gateway function. Parkstraat is one of the principal and best-preserved streets in the Spijkerkwartier, a district which has been largely laid out in the last quarter of the 19th century and of which the southern section has been predominantly built with townhouses.