Landhuis, Van Limburg Stirumweg 2

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Description

Description component 1: main building, Van Limburg Stirumweg 2

HOUSE, 1821-1822, enlarged in 1855-1856, again remodelled and extended in 1897. Rendered country house with two storeys on a high basement storey, in neoclassical style on a rectangular plan; two parallel low hipped roofs with corner chimneys; adjoining, on the east side, lower surrounding hipped roof with flat central section; double corrugated tiles; crenellated gutter line; symmetrical front elevation of 7 bays, the three central ones projecting over both storeys, terminated by a flat roof with wooden balustrade; piano nobile with six-pane windows, on the upper storey four-pane windows; middle bay with glazed entrance door and flight of steps (six treads) with lens-shaped wrought-iron railings; the part built in 1855 is on the park side (south) extended on three sides; against the central gable wall a veranda, enclosed by a balcony on cast-iron columns; both sides with glazed wall, at the upper side edged with cast-iron scrollwork; steps with six cast-iron treads from the garden; balcony with richly executed wrought-iron balustrade; above the balcony a zinc canopy on cast-iron, openly worked wall brackets. The rear section (east side) was heightened in 1897 and extended to the south; in the south gable vertically divided windows from that period. Commemorative stone at approximately 1 m. height in north gable: On the 1st May 1855 the foundation stone was laid by Anna Odilia Catharina Bieruma Oosting. INTERIOR. The house has retained its (irregular) 19th-century plan and furnishings very well. Internally, among other things, the still original fixed components are of importance. These include the stucco work, the wall cladding, the fireplace arrangements and the parquet flooring.

Valuation

HOUSE is of general importance;

- on account of its age and residential history;

- as a good example of a stately house built in sober neoclassical style;

- on account of the coherence between interior and exterior;

- on account of the valuable interior components;

- on account of the early 19th-century architectural character, which harmonises very well with the park layout;

- on account of its recognisability and the considerable degree of integrity;

- on account of the visual and spatial relationship with the garden and the other components of the country estate.