Woonhuis, Steijnstraat 36

English translation

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Description

Introduction

Row of eleven DWELLINGS built around 1905 in the Transitional style by an unknown architect, located on the concave side of the Steijnstraat to the corner with the Transvaalstraat. Material use and detailing suggest the work of W.C. de Groot. Some interior details, such as door surrounds, are almost identical to the buildings Emmakade 49 to 53. The dwellings 42 through 56 are all equal in layout, but differ in colour, creating a lively whole. Number 40 is a narrow bay wider. Numbers 38 and 36 are plastered and wider. Several buildings underwent both internal and external changes, such as the alteration of balcony railings, changes to the glazing bars of the bay windows, additions to the rear and the removal or alteration of sash windows.

Description

EXTERIOR NUMBERS 42 - 56: Row of eight identical dwellings, each two storeys high and two bays wide under a flat roof. The facades are built from facing brick, per building alternating in the colours red, yellow and white. The rear facades are all white. Window and door openings are provided with natural stone lintels, sparsely decorated. The entrance is always located in the slightly projecting right bay. The door is provided with a sidelight and fanlights, fitted with coloured stained glass. On the upper storey there is a dormer window. The cornice is interrupted by two projecting brick pilasters, which rest on natural stone corbels and above the cornice have a coping in the form of a natural stone cube. The left bay has on the ground floor a three-sided bay window with undivided lower windows and fanlights subdivided into small panes. The balcony above the bay window originally has a wooden railing, but in some cases these have been replaced by metal railings. The balcony is accessed by three-part glass doors. Below the cornice runs across the full width a tile frieze, which varies in colour with the colour of the facade. The cornice is supported by moulded brackets.

EXTERIOR NUMBER 40: As above, but has on the left side an extra narrow bay with on the ground floor a door to an internal passageway and on the upper storey a recessed brickwork field in contrasting colour.

EXTERIOR NUMBERS 36 AND 38: These are plastered and partially fluted instead of ashlar masonry. Both buildings have on the upper storey a sill band of black facing brick. Number 36 has two extra bays, which round the corner. The corner facade has a curved cornice of artificial stone and is provided with fluting in the plasterwork, which imitate natural stone blocks.

INTERIOR NUMBER 50: Preserved among others are the panelled doors with triangular overpanels and moulded surrounds, sash window with rebated edges, sliding doors with stained glass windows and a glazed partition, marble chimney breasts in geometric forms in front and rear room, staircase newel and railings. The ceilings in the sash window area were originally painted with ornaments.

Valuation

Row of eleven DWELLINGS of general architectural historical and cultural historical importance:

- because of the simple, but carefully executed architecture in the Transitional style, which is particularly striking because of the use of colour and the articulation of the row by means of the bay windows;

- because of the reasonable integrity of the exterior and the integrity of the interiors, which however varies per building;

- because of the coherence with the remaining development of the neighbourhood, which also consists of buildings of two storeys with flat roof.