Huize Stella

English translation

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Description

Introduction.

VILLA "Huize Stella" with IRONWORK built in 1902, in formal language related to Jugendstil, designed by architect W.F.J.H. Bouman (Tilburg/Breda), for the family P. van de Lisdonk-van Hirtum. In 1912 the family F. van Puijenbroek-Ionescu lived here. The house is named after the Romanian wife of the manufacturer, Sultanica who called herself "Stella" here.

Description.

Two-storey villa under flat roof with basement. The house has a rectangular plan. The outer walls consist of plastered brick interspersed with moulded stones fitted with copper-glazed tiles in basement, cordon and frieze. The corbels under the eaves are likewise fitted with copper-glazed tiles. The basement shows a slight entasis. The front facade has in the middle on the first floor its entrance section on a stone landing with a staircase of seven steps to the side. Facing the street a round arch balustrade. The double front door with fanlight has wrought-iron grilles. In the fanlight coloured stained glass.

Above the entrance a balcony with wrought-iron balustrade fitted with the initials of the family: P.v.d.L.v.H. and the building year. The cantilevered side of the balcony is supported on a stone pier. In the left part of the front facade the first floor and the basement contain three coupled window bays separated by a narrow pier. The upper storey however contains two coupled window bays. The wall openings and windows are all arched except those in the basement, these are straight-topped. Moreover, the wall openings of the first floor are connected by one large segmental arch, which continues in the cordon moulding of the house. The right part of the front facade is projecting. Within it are two coupled window bays separated by a narrow pier. The wall openings in the basement are straight-topped and those of the floors above are arched. Here too the wall openings of the first floor are connected by one large segmental arch, which continues in the cordon moulding of the house. In the parapet of the windows above is an arch frieze. The left side facade contains a built-out veranda with a balcony above it. Both have a wrought-iron balustrade. In front of the rear door a small stone landing and steps. The right side facade is executed as blank wall. The house has a richly, largely authentic interior. Three fireplaces with chimney-pieces in black marble. The corridor floor with coloured tilework .... Heavily worked stucco ceilings with mouldings and cast reliefs, among other things with floral motifs. Panelled doors. Moulded architraves. American white pine stair with landing. Carved newel post with gas lighting supported by a cast-iron sculpture, depicting a Spanish nobleman with sword. The windows in the stairwell with Jugendstil stained glass windows. Stone steps to basement. The wrought-iron ironwork at the street has a stone base.

Valuation.

The villa with ironwork is of general importance. The whole is of cultural-historical importance as a remarkable expression of the way in which manufacturers expressed their newly acquired wealth around the turn of the century in a heterogeneous mixture of building styles. The whole is of architectural-historical importance due to the integrity of the exterior and interior. The object is furthermore of importance due to architectural-historical, typological and functional rarity.