Woonhuis, Apeldoornseweg 22

English translation

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Description

Introduction

MANSION with RAILING from 1889 in eclectic neo-Renaissance style. The original Louvre shutters on the first storey and the fixed Louvre infills in the half-round fanlights of the second storey have been removed. The spatial structure of the property is comparable to the adjoining property Apeldoornseweg 20; probably designed by the same architect, whose identity is otherwise unknown. The property is situated just north of the city centre and is positioned in the building line of the continuous eastern facade wall of the Apeldoornseweg, near the railway viaduct. The historical street image of the Apeldoornseweg, rising in a northerly direction between the railway embankment and the Sonsbeekpark, is to a significant extent determined by a tree-planted central median and continuous facade walls with mansions; late-19th century buildings in neo-styles on the east side and predominantly early-20th century buildings in transitional architecture and Art Nouveau style on the west side. Furthermore, it is characteristic that the front gardens on the street side are enclosed by wrought-iron railings.

Description

Two-aisled MANSION with two storeys, basement and attic storey on a rectangular ground plan. The gabled roof is covered with concrete tiles.

The asymmetrically articulated brick FRONT FACADE is laid in Flemish bond with cut joints, and is horizontally divided by a roughly plastered and grey-painted basement storey, horizontal courses of white plasterwork, white-painted drip moulding and a crowning cornice. The cornice is composed of a moulded architrave, a frieze with rectangular fields and a cornice on four brackets. Above the cornice, the central section of the facade rises to a neck, which is crowned by a broken pediment and is flanked by curved wing sections. The vertical facade articulation consists of two rows of four pilasters each, arranged one above the other, with simple moulded capitals. The bases of the pilasters are provided with a flat cushion (first storey) or a diamond-headed boss (second storey). The basement has two rectangular windows with four-pane casements and burglar bars, and to the right (beneath the stair landing of the main entrance) a panelled door with four panes. Beneath the stair landing is a storage cupboard with a clamped door. A stone steps (seven treads between trees) lead to the main entrance on the first storey: stone threshold and reveal, renewed panelled door (diamond-headed bosses, two lights, pediment) and single-pane fanlight. To the left of the entrance are two rectangular windows with sash windows. The top thresholds have a quarter-round profile and are provided with cut lead panels. Below the windows are recessed fields with a geometric decorative pattern. The wall openings on the first storey are closed by blind barrel vaults with plastered blocks. The keystones are provided with a diamond-headed boss. The vault fields are filled with tilework.

In the centre of the second storey is a balcony, which rests on two ornamented brackets and is fitted with wrought-iron railings between wooden corner posts and wooden handrail. The balcony is accessible via a double glass door with half-round fanlight. On either side is a round-arch window with casement and half-round fanlight. The wall openings on the second storey are closed by round arches with plastered keystones, which are provided with an oblong diamond-headed boss.

The neck gable encloses a round-arch-shaped attic window, in which a casement and a carved half-round panel. The window is flanked by pilasters with simple moulded capitals and built-in curved wing sections with each a plastered (?) volute. The neck is crowned by a broken pediment with an obelisk ornament at the apex. Identical obelisks are placed on the facade corners.

Both SIDE FACADES are built-in.

The cemented REAR FACADE has an entrance on the left in the basement, which is accessible via a brick staircase. The first storey has above this entrance a rectangular window with T-sash. To the right of this is on the ground-floor level of the dwelling a wooden conservatory extension with an open storage area beneath. The conservatory (originally probably a veranda) is constructed from worked corner posts with chamfered edges and moulded capitals, with a low infill between consisting of posts and (diagonal) rails forming a pattern of squares lying on their sides and standing on point. The glazed section above is fitted with a double sliding door in the centre and is closed at the top by a strip of coloured leaded glass with forked glazing bars. The conservatory is accessible from inside via two pairs of double sliding doors (respectively fitted with panes and wooden panels). The conservatory is closed by a gently sloping roof with zinc gutters and glass panels, on which a balcony with a new wooden railing (same pattern with squares as in the conservatory). The balcony is accessible via a double sliding door (transparent leaded glass) beneath a three-pane fanlight. To the left is a rectangular window with casement and single-pane fanlight. In the gable top, beneath a blind segmental arch, is a rectangular attic window with single-pane casement.

The SPATIAL STRUCTURE of the two-aisled property is intact, and has in the wide left aisle a kitchen (basement), en suite rooms (first storey) and two (bed)rooms with cupboard partition and connecting door (second storey). In the narrower right aisle are the vestibule, corridors, stairs, toilets and cabinets. The attic has a layout with rooms.

The INTERIOR possesses a large number of valuable elements, such as various panelled doors with moulded frames; in the basement a kitchen with tile floor (diamond pattern with stars), built-in dresser with oval wooden door knobs and moulded mantelshelf; in the vestibule a white marble floor and skirting boards, a draught door and sidelight with carved woodwork in neo-Renaissance style (glazing bars removed), an elaborately executed stucco ceiling (including ornamental knobs, foliate bands, central rosette in cartouche form) and -walls (moulded bands, stylised floral motifs); in the corridor a white marble floor and matching skirting boards, a simple stucco ceiling with moulded bands, a wooden stair with worked stair newel (palmettes, grooves, rosettes, fantasy capital, ornamental knob), ornamented cast-iron balusters and moulded wooden handrails; in the en suite rooms black marble fireplaces (brackets and diamond-headed boss), double sliding doors and an elaborately executed stucco ceiling in the rear room (foliate bands with cartouches and/or ornamental knobs on the corners, large central rosette in cartouche form with palmettes and leaf motifs); on the second storey a cupboard partition with connecting door between the front and rear rooms with black marble fireplaces.

Valuation

MANSION with RAILING from 1889.

- Of architectural-historical value as a fine and well-preserved example of a late-19th century substantial residence in eclectic neo-Renaissance, with a spatially structured layout characteristic of that time and high-quality aesthetic qualities in the exterior, such as good proportions, varied and good use of materials and exceptional ornamentation. Furthermore, the property possesses a large number of elaborately executed original interior elements.

- Of urban planning value as an essential part of the relatively well-preserved street image of the Apeldoornseweg, rising in a northerly direction between the railway embankment and the Sonsbeekpark, which is to a significant extent determined by a tree-planted central median and continuous facade walls with mansions from the period 1880-1910. As such, the property is of particular significance owing to its situation, which is connected with the urban development of Arnhem (approach road from the ring structure in the direction of Sonsbeek); because of its group value in relation to the surrounding buildings; and thus for the appearance of the city of Arnhem.