Tuin, park en plantsoen, Van Limburg Stirumweg bij 2

English translation

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Description

Description of component 7: garden shelters (with slatted benches with iron underframes) at Van Limburg Stirumweg 2

7.1 GARDEN SHELTER at the end of the flower garden as a focal point of the view from the house; wooden structure in Chinoiserie style, first half of 19th century; open shelter on four round posts on a trapezium-shaped ground plan; lean-to roof with asphalt covering; two rear posts extend above the roof and end in pointed finials; between them openwork ornament of slats; between two front posts, as roof moulding, also openwork sawn ornament with inset diamond and circle motifs; white with thin red bands. 7.2 GARDEN SHELTER at the west edge of the flower garden; same basic form and roof as shelter 1., first half of 19th century; only front side open between wooden pilasters with stylized capital, upon which a cornice; remaining walls closed with horizontal members; also painted white with red trim as ornament. 7.3 GARDEN SHELTER near the house, also at the west edge of the flower garden, first half of 19th century; round structure under parasol roof with asphalt, supported by four tree trunks at the front (space between open) and vertical members at the rear; next to the outer trunks a simple neogothic window, partially filled with green glass and mirrors; ceiling spherically stuccoed. 7.4 GARDEN SHELTER at New Pond, second half of 19th century; structure on elongated hexagonal ground plan; open, facing the pond front; five openings with accolade arches of slats between six tree trunks; rear side of vertical wooden members; shallow-pitched asphalt roof crowned with miniature variant of the shelter itself, in small posts and twigs; tarred brown; stuccoed ceiling with rosette in hexagonal moulding. 7.5 AVIARY from the 'menagerie', east of the house, 19th century; brick cottage under gabled roof with grey tiles; wooden front with polychrome trompe-l'oeil painting of natural stone blocks, windows and a small door; finish with sham roof ridge ornament.

Valuation

GARDEN SHELTERS and SLATTED BENCHES are of general importance:

- due to their age and special architecture;

- due to their cultural-historical and ornamental values;

- due to the fact that such a number together in one park is particularly unusual for the Netherlands;

- due to the visual and spatial coherence with the other components of the country estate.