Kasteel, buitenplaats, Marquettelaan 34

English translation

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Description

Description

MAIN BUILDING (Marquette). The originally 16th-century castle was rebuilt between 1741 and 1770 in sober classicist style, only the small tower still recalls the old castle. The 18th-century house originally stood on a U-shaped ground plan, but the northern wing was demolished around 1800 resulting in the current L-shaped floor plan. The elongated front and side facade, which are buttressed on the south and west sides to conceal the medieval masonry, are one aisle deep and consist of a basement and two storeys under a slate-covered hipped roof; these wings enclose a rectangular building block consisting of two narrow building masses of two storeys under two tile-covered gabled roofs; only the roof plane facing the courtyard is covered with slate. The facades are terminated by cornices and divided by multi-pane windows, which at the end of the 19th century/beginning of the 20th century were renewed with late-18th-century glazing bar divisions; partly fitted with shutters. The regularly divided front facade (south) of nine bays has an eccentrically placed, slightly projecting entrance section with gateway. The segmentally arched gateway passage is set in a natural stone frame of ashlar and pilasters bearing a cornice on which a pine cone is placed on either side; on the courtyard side the gate is accentuated by rusticated pilasters, which continue on the upper storey. To the left of this two window axes with multi-pane windows. Diagonally above this the 15th-century round tower under a slate-covered compressed spire with spherical crown. In the tower a 15th-century oak entrance door. Originally a long 18th-century wall ran between the east facade and the rotunda, most of it was demolished around 1800; now only a small part remains. The gateway provides access to the courtyard built on two sides with the actual main facade. The representative front facade consists of a natural stone central section flanked by two window axes which are terminated on either side by an outward projecting (quarter-round) rusticated pilaster; far left a sixth window axis. The natural stone entrance section is executed in ashlar and crowned by a triangular pediment with the coat of arms of the Rendorp family with a ribbon bearing anno 1741 in Roman numerals (the date probably refers to the beginning of the building plans); on the ground floor double entrance door under a semicircular fanlight placed between two pilasters, which enclose a narrow window, on the upper storey likewise placed between pilasters a multi-pane window flanked by a narrow semicircular niche with shell motif. rear facade (west) of six bays very symmetrically arranged with multi-pane windows and a slightly projecting central risalit of two bays. The northern side facade shows as the only facade an irregular appearance (due to the demolition of the side wing) with two stepped gables and offset masonry; the foundations of the 18th-century side wing are still visible. In the INTERIOR of particular importance are the well-preserved 18th-century spatial layout and decoration which came about in various phases in the 18th and 19th centuries: - rectangular hall with stucco decoration from around 1745 in Louis XIV style with asymmetrical elements, walls articulated by pilasters, overdoor pieces in stucco with representations of the four seasons and initials; - to the left the former summer dining room with 18th-century buffet niche incorporated in the wall panelling and stucco ceiling; - the small cabinet with Chinese wallpapers from the end of the 18th century and painted panels above the fireplace and door; - very special and unique are the cut-out wallpapers in the present Flower Room with flower and leaf motifs from the second half of the 19th century, simple panellings, fireplace section with large marble fireplace surround and mirror; - the Ballroom with originally 18th-century coffered ceiling, the decoration in heavy Louis XIV style comes from the house Assumburg and was placed here around 1911: panellings, doors and pilasters with gilded carved work, fireplace section with black marble fireplace and mirror; - the present Dyer's Room with panellings and wallpapers painted on linen with romantic scenes/landscapes; - the present Rendorp Room with panellings, fireplace section in Louis XIV style with marble fireplace, mirror and painted panel.

Valuation

MAIN BUILDING (Marquette) of general importance: - because of its age; - because of the 18th-century design in sober classicist style; - because of the relatively well-preserved spatial layout and interior decoration; - because of the characteristic location within the historic garden and park layout; - because of the functional-spatial relationship with the other components of the estate.