Woonhuis, Kerkstraat 6

English translation

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Description

Introduction

On the western side of Kerkstraat, separated from it by a shallow garden with a driveway, stands the MANSION with attached room Kerkstraat 6. The building dates from 1883 according to the year painted on the cornice. By virtue of its location opposite the presbytery, as well as the corresponding building volume and similarly symmetrical layout, the building enters into an urban planning relationship with the presbytery. On the southern side there is a single-storey extension. Also against the northern facade a small oriel window has been built.

Description

The two-storey building has a roughly rectangular floor plan and is covered by a gabled roof, furnished with old Dutch tiles. On the ridge of the roof, at the level of the side facades, two brick chimneys stand. The facades are built of brick. The symmetrical front facade has five window bays and is articulated horizontally by the plastered plinth, the partly stuccoed, partly stone sills and the concluding cornice with spared panels, continuous moulding and six consoles. On the ground floor, in the central window bay, a panel door in a relieved, stuccoed surround with a hood has been inserted. Next to the door a bell-pull with an ornamental cast-iron plate. The flanking steel windows with inward-opening lower lights (approximately 1930s) are higher on the ground floor than on the first floor and provided with similar stucco surround. In all fanlights leaded glass has been inserted. Against the northern side facade stands an original extension, single-storey under a gabled roof with a roof shield on the right side, covered with old Dutch tiles, and provided with a blind door executed in stone and stucco. Against the southern facade stands a single-storey extension identical to the northern extension, including stone blind door. Later a garage was built against it. In front of the dwelling house lies a renewed stoep. A wrought-iron garden gate separates the driveway from the rear yard.

Valuation

The object is of general interest because of cultural-historical values: the object is of importance as an expression of the socio-economic development of Midden-Brabant; architectural-historical values: it is of importance because of the ornamentation, as an example of a two-storey mansion from the late nineteenth century with as a special feature the stone blind doors; ensemble values: it is of particular importance for the appearance of the well-preserved ribbon development on the village street, which forms a good example of the development of the nineteenth-century church village; integrity/recognisability: it is of importance because of the architectural integrity of the exterior.