Winkel (G2), Langestraat 36

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Description

Introduction

The SHOP PREMISES directly situated on the Langestraat was designed in 1899 on commission of J. Jehaes by the Amersfoort architect H. Kroes.

The building style is eclectic, combining Neo-Renaissance with influences from Neo-Romanesque. In particular, the structure of the brick facade is inspired by Neo-Renaissance, while the round-arch friezes are inspired by Neo-Romanesque.

Remarkable is the construction of the front facade. Above the shopfront Kroes designed a steel beam across the full width of the facade, beneath which is a largely glazed non-load-bearing shopfront. However, the lower storefront has been altered and is considered of subsidiary importance. The shop premises form part of an ensemble consisting of late nineteenth-century shop premises.

Description

The deep shop premises situated on a rectangular floor plan is provided with a basement and has two storeys with a flattened gabled roof, covered with grey interlocking tiles. The front facade is taller than the roof section and has three storeys. On the first storey there is a modern shopfront. The walls of the second and third storeys are constructed of red and orange machine-made brick. Dark red bricks form mortared drip mouldings at the height of the undersides of the windows. The orange brick is applied to the predominantly red wall in the form of three bricks high horizontal bands at the height of the under- and upper sides of the windows, also on the second storey at the height of the middle of the windows. Between the bands are blocks of orange brick. Orange brick is also used in the arches.

The three-tiered symmetrical front facade (south side) is interrupted in the middle of the cornice by a parapet with pinnacles and is subdivided into four window bays, placed between relatively wider wall piers on the sides. On an iron beam wooden consoles are mounted, which support the natural stone setting stones of the round-arch frieze. Tiles decorated with floral motifs are applied in the arch fields. This frieze separates the modern lower storey from the still original second and third floors. Above this, on the second storey are four similar sash windows with three-part fanlight under a segmental arch. Above the pilasters are placed ornamental iron wall anchors. In the third storey casement windows, double sash windows under a segmental arch are placed in the first and fourth bays. Almost directly above the segmental arches is a round-arch frieze with a projecting moulded cornice on corbels. The windows in the two middle bays are taller and consist of vertical sash windows with a three-part rectangular fanlight under a depressed arch, whose arch field is decorated with tiles with floral motif. On the intermediate pilaster is an ornamental wall anchor. The central section is spanned by a projecting frieze with segmental arches. Above it is placed a round-arch frieze, crowned by a natural stone band with three pinnacles.

Valuation

The shop premises is of general importance because of its architectural-historical value as a reasonably intact example of a shop premises designed in eclectic building style, in which Neo-Renaissance and Neo-Romanesque elements are combined. The premises is also of ensemble value as part of a late nineteenth-century facade wall. Furthermore, the premises is valuable within the oeuvre of the architect H. Kroes.