Jachthuis, Geeresteinselaan 79

English translation

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Description

Introduction

HUNTING LODGE from 1878/1879 in the style of Eclecticism, component of the historic country estate De Boom located in the municipalities of Leusden and Woudenberg from the same founding period. The tile tableaux in the hunting room refer to this country estate, the surrounding country estates such as the Treek and the surrounding area, such as the Heiligenberg and the farmhouse with legendary tree after which the country estate is named.

The main building of De Boom is situated north of the Geerensteinselaan, the coach house and hunting lodge lie south of this lane. The hunting lodge, positioned with its ridge perpendicular to the lane, lies southwest of the main building and southeast of the coach house of De Boom.

In 1994 a major restoration and conversion to offices took place on behalf of the Stichting de Boom under the direction of architect J. de Jong, to which the commemorative stone at the entrance attests.

Description

The detached hunting lodge is constructed in fair-faced brickwork in running bond with pinned joint from a rectangular ground plan. It consists of one storey with a mansard roof covered with bonded crossette tiles. On the east side is a veranda on a rectangular ground plan with a lean-to roof, likewise covered with bonded crossette tiles. The longitudinal facades are finished with raked brickwork cornice and eaves brackets. The segmental arch windows contain wooden glazing bar frames and have sandstone drip mouldings.

The asymmetrical facade facing the Geerensteinselaan (north side) contains on the right (at the northwest corner) an internal porch. The porch in the form of a diagonally placed plastered pointed arch rests on two columns in fair-faced brickwork. The columns are provided with artificial stone bases and capitals. On the left in the porch is the sandstone commemorative stone with the text: "renovation hunting lodge Jhr. Ir. C.C.Th. de Beaufort Former president Stichting 'De Boom' June 1994". The entrance is provided with a wooden bead door and a nine-pane fanlight. On the left are two high-placed, round arch windows beneath one-and-a-half stretches, in which fixed frames are placed. The leaded windows consist of three parts, which are subdivided by round arch glazing bars. Above in the facade is a window in which a six-pane pivot window with two-pane fanlight is placed. The asymmetrical east facade contains a total of six segmental arch facade openings. At the far left are two double French doors beneath one-and-a-half stretches, flanked by arched wooden shutters with panels. The doors have six panes, under-panels and a twelve-pane fanlight. To the right of these are two six-pane pivot windows with twelve-pane fanlights. At the location of the veranda are two French doors with panes and panels and fanlights. The veranda, which on the end sides is closed with glass and panels, has a construction of richly carved wooden columns on high bases with decorative capitals and brackets. Running around is a glazed strip subdivided by glazing bars. The south facade is largely blank. On the left is a new window. Above in the facade is a window as in the north facade. The asymmetrical west facade contains six high-placed windows beneath lintels with six-pane frames. Below the third window from the right is an entrance.

In the interior, the corridor and hunting room are of particular importance. The corridor has a polychrome mosaic tile floor and wainscoting consisting of a ceramic manganese-coloured plinth, white tiles and wooden mouldings between which are tiles with manganese-coloured representations. The entrances to the hunting room are provided with wooden surrounds in the neo-classical style. The hunting room is completely furnished with oak panelling and coffered ceiling, which in conception are classicist and in detailing neo-gothic. Round arch doors and wall panels with round arch motifs are provided with four- and three-pass designs, leaf motifs and letter panels. In the rich carved work are executed, among other things, heads. In the wall panels are incorporated manganese-coloured tile tableaux with representations of hunting and country estates. The following texts are inscribed: "All trees seem dwarfs / Beside the trees of Den Treek." and "I praise this rustic retreat / On the rustling of the streams / I praise the Holy mount / The German Helicon." The fireplace is executed with iron columns, sandstone posts and wall tiling. On the mantel is a manganese-coloured tile tableau.

Valuation

The hunting lodge from 1878/1879 in the style of eclecticism is of general importance owing to its cultural and architectural-historical value as an intact example of a hunting lodge, and owing to the integrity, the detailing and the material use in the interior, particularly in the corridor and hunting room, and as part of the country estate De Boom.

The hunting lodge is of urban planning value owing to its characterising location on the Geerensteinselaan and owing to the visual and spatially-functional relationship with the other components of the historic country estate De Boom.