Ambtswoning, De Lind 18

English translation

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Description

Introduction.

In the middle of Oisterwijk village centre, at De Lind number 18, stands the former OFFICIAL RESIDENCE of the mayor. The building dates from circa 1900 and is largely built in Neo-Renaissance style. Three facades are exposed; a shed has been added to the right side facade at a later date.

Various new windows and doors have been installed in the rear facade. The conservatory in this facade has been given a new flat roof. The associated former coach house has been substantially altered and is excluded from protection. The interior of the residence has been renovated, but many original details remain intact.

Description.

The semi-basement building comprises two storeys on an almost square floor plan. A flat roof with four hipped roof sections, covered with slate in predominantly Dutch bond but also in Rhenish bond, crowns the whole. On the flat roof on the east side stands a chimney in decorative brickwork with a cap. In the facades, fair-faced brickwork in cross bond alternates with courses and blocks of natural stone and rendered brick. Dark red and black moulded stones provide colour accents. Along the bottom of the front facade runs a sandstone plinth, which in the other facades transitions into a sash window frame. In front of the facade facing De Lind lies a sandstone step, bordered with an iron decorative fence resting on four sandstone, decorated bollards and two iron twisted posts. The cornice-topped facade is symmetrical and has a central projection and corner pilasters. The facade has five bays and is divided into two by a string course. Along the top the facade is closed by a moulded gutter, supported by scroll-shaped corbels with block-shaped moulded stones between them. Simpler moulded stones support the back gutter in the other facades. The scroll-shaped corbels are incorporated in a list in which a tile tableau is found with floral motifs and the text 'anno 1900' in beige, brown and red tones. Diamond heads are present in various courses. In the middle of the arched, 2-part sash windows with moulded stone in the jambs sits a toothed central mullion. On the ground floor these windows still have wooden roller shutters. The sandstone breast is decorated here with a decorative panel motif. On the floor above, a decorative herringbone motif is laid in the window breast. In the central projection on the ground floor is a glazed panel door with two handles and decorative grillwork under an arched fanlight with toothed lower mullion. On either side of this central entrance, projecting brickwork in combination with natural stone set pieces and corbels supports a floor slab of the balcony on the floor above, extending from the string course. A balustrade with ornamental ironwork and natural stone pillarettes encloses new divided balcony doors with arched fanlight. The projecting central bay continues on the attic storey in a roof dormer in which is a French balcony with an iron rail under a semicircular fanlight. This dormer, with scroll-shaped claw pieces, is crowned with a broken curved pediment containing an ornamental wall anchor above which a palmette and iron ornament. On either side of this are two zinc roof dormers with curved pediment in the roof section. The left facade has three bays. Along the bottom are various cellar lights. On the floor above in the outer bays a blind window. Between these a window with coupled, vertical single-pane windows under a three-part arched casement window.

A rainpipe provides drainage. In the roof section a dormer with a spout gable clad in natural stone in which the loft hatch is located. The rear facade on the south side also has three bays.

The central bay provides light for the stairwell. Conservatory, windows and doors have been substantially altered here. In the roof section two roof lights. In the right facade only on the upper floor is an arched window. A rainpipe provides drainage. In the roof section there are, from north to south, a slender chimney secured to the roof by means of a rod with decorative brickwork and an ornamental wall anchor, a small roof window, a new chimney pipe and an original chimney in brickwork. Centrally in the building is a central corridor with rooms on either side. In this corridor, directly behind the front door, is a glazed wooden partition door with panels, set in a moulded wooden stile and rail framework with a pediment above the door. The stile and rail work is filled with facet-cut, florally etched glass. At the other end of the central corridor is also a double wooden door with facet-cut, florally etched glass. In the rooms are stucco ceilings with acanthus motifs within a square surround, panel doors and a marble fireplace with corbels in the form of scrolls with lion's paws. An original wooden dogleg stair with elegantly moulded starting baluster leads to the floor above and the attic storey.

Valuation.

The object is of general interest because of its cultural-historical value. As the former official residence of the mayor of Oisterwijk, the building may be regarded as a particular expression of an administrative development. The object also has architectural-historical value. It is important because of the distinctive and varied use of materials and the detailed ornamentation, particularly of the front facade and parts of the interior. The ensemble values are also important as the building is part of the facade wall at De Lind and the village centre, which has already been designated as a protected village scene. It contributes to the preservation of the visual integrity of this environment.