Zwanestein

English translation

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Description

Introduction

VILLA Zwanestein, built around 1900 in a Neo-Renaissance style with influences of the chalet style. The brick building is architecturally articulated by plasterwork in horizontal bands as well as in the surrounding cornice; corner pilasters and the springer and keystone stones in the arches above the windows. In the gable and in the tower, characteristic likewise of a later form of the neo-renaissance, half-timbering occurs. The villa is situated to the east of the village centre of Heerde and is located at the corner of the Bonenburgerlaan and the Griftdijk. The left side gavel is oriented towards the Apeldoorns Kanaal while the right side gavel borders the branching of the canal running along the Griftdijk. Apart from the building surrounded by gravel, there is also a small shed on the property, which, like the garden layout, is not under national monument protection. The property, accessible via a non-original access gate with two bricked columns on the Griftdijk, is bounded by modern fencing.

Description

The villa is built on an almost rectangular plan in brick (Flemish bond) and is covered by a composite roof. The flattened hipped roof with mortised Spanish tiles with triangular hip ridges on the rafters is provided with an adjoining gabled roof above the right side gavel, in which a tower crowned with a tent roof with sliding slates is inserted at the front. In the angle of the projecting tower and the main building mass is a single-storey annex with a flattened three-sided hipped roof with red improved Dutch tiles and rounded corner rafters. Only above the rear gavel does a roof dormer with tent roof with sliding slates occur in the roof panel. The profiled gutters are supported by openwork consoles, the low construction and the small tower have carved blocks. The existing half-timbering in the tower and the gables is billeted. The windows in the first storey all contain fanlights under a straight arch with plastered keystone and springer stones. The windows on the upper floor are, unless otherwise stated, always placed under a plastered segmental arch field that is bounded above by a stuccoed profile moulding. In most window frames on the upper floor a small rail screen is present.

The FRONT GAVEL facing the Bonenburgerlaan is dominated by the tower which is completely built in at ground level. At the front and left side is the single-storey extension which is provided at the front with three windows. The small panes of which are placed above a field with decorative brickwork and are set in a plastered frame. This rests on the, running around the entire building, cemented plinth above which a plastered skirting with drip moulding. The left side of the low construction contains a window and a clamped door (beadwork elements), the right side a window. On the flattened hipped roof an original light shaft is placed in which a hinged window and a coupled fixed window are executed as light slit. The right side of the front gavel is occupied by the porch and the adjacent window, which is located beneath the, covering the entire right side of the gavel, balcony. The porch is accessible via several stone steps with openings on the front and right side which, depending on the wind, can be closed by a wooden wind screen provided with beadwork elements. The openings closed by rounded arches with plastered springer and keystone stones are flanked by plastered columns with capitals. The corner is supported by a free-standing column. The clamped decorated front door contains panes with muslin glass. The window to the left of the porch contains a divided fixed frame with divided leaded glass fanlight under a lintel on which a plastered course rests. The gavel, as well as the right side, is terminated by the profiled moulding of the balcony, which is provided with a balustrade consisting of wooden balusters between columns with cover plates. Above the low construction rises the tower square in plan. In the upper floor provided with a plastered frame, only the front side has a coupled pair of casement windows with leaded glass fanlights. The window is closed by a 1½-brick course in which plastered keystone and springer stones. At the height of the calves a plastered band, which continues over all gavels. The third storey under the roof is provided on three sides of the tower with half-timbering, between which is a fixed sash window with three-pane (cathedral glass) fanlight, which rests on a drip moulding and extends above to the plastered frieze in which the blocks of the roof overhang are located. The tower roof is crowned with a zinc finial. The gavel to the right of the tower above the porch is executed blind except for a balcony door with fanlight. In the band at the height of the calves the name of the villa 'Zwanestein' is painted. A brick arch with springer and keystone stone closes off the frame.

The LEFT SIDE GAVEL is characterized by a slightly projecting left section terminated by a gable with a bay window and a right section consisting of two axes in front of which a bricked platform is located in front of the gavel. The left side of the gavel contains a stone bay window (with in the plinth a coupled cellar window) of which the windows in the three sides are set in a plastered frame. The sash windows contain a vertical glazing bar that is not placed in the middle but to the right; the fanlight consists of leaded glass. The balusters in the balustrade (which are closed in) of the balcony located above the bay window are of the same type as those occurring in the front gavel. The double balcony doors with fanlight are flanked by venetian blinds. In the gable top provided with half-timbering with profiled wind brace, there is a small balcony with wooden balustrade to which double doors with four-pane fanlight adjoin. The sawn-through carved roof braces support the overhang. The right section of the gavel has, to the left under an added glass canopy, a clamped door with beside it a water pump under a fanlight. To the right is a T-sash window with fanlight that is flanked by beadwork-element shutters. On the upper floor there are to the left above the door a narrow casement window (frosted glass) and to the right a fixed sash window, both provided with a fanlight. The gutter that closes off the gavel ends on the left, below that of the roof panel of the adjacent gabled roof, with a wooden sawn head 'in profile'.

The REAR GAVEL is dominated by a wooden veranda with overlying balcony located in the right section. The veranda resting on a cemented plinth has a rectangular plan. The front contains, in addition to double single-pane panel sliding doors, on either side a window. Each window axis is closed by a two-pane fanlight which above has, of two adjacent panes (cathedral glass). The sides of the veranda have three window axes with undivided fanlights which above contain three cathedral glass panes. To the left of the veranda are double garden doors of which the low panels are equipped with a cushion. The doors are closed above by a fanlight. On the upper floor a small square window appears in the middle; to the left a fixed sash window and to the right, located above the veranda, a balcony which is bounded by the original wooden rail screen. The double balcony doors are identical to the aforementioned garden doors. The wooden roof dormer, covered with a tent roof and crowned with a finial, contains a fixed sash window.

The RIGHT SIDE GAVEL has, like the left side gavel, a projecting left section terminated with a gable. In the plinth there are two coupled cellar (casement) windows. The first storey has on the left a window with coupled sash windows and on the right a sash window, both provided with a fanlight. The upper floor has two identical fixed sash windows with fanlights. The gable top with fixed sash window is, apart from the missing small balcony and a part of the half-timbering, identical to the left side gavel. In the INTERIOR the original spatial layout is hardly disturbed and the original panelled doors are still present. Following the entrance with vestibule in the right corner of the front gavel is a hall with floor tiles, marble fireplace, ornamented stucco ceiling and the flight of stairs with a rounded block step on which a volute rests at the foot of a richly decorated newel. Onto the centrally located hall various rooms open. On the left are the kitchen with tiled fireplace, sink with pump and built-in dresser. The ground floor has two adjoining toilet rooms. The rear contains the room en suite which can be separated by two double doors (a pair of panelled and a pair of glazed panelled doors). The roller blinds with pulleys have been preserved as well as two marble fireplaces. Adjacent to the landing of the staircase in the hall is a deep cupboard which is provided with a light shaft and emerges in the exterior above the low construction in the front gavel. The ceiling above the hall onto which seven rooms open, on the upper floor is provided with a perimeter moulding. In the cellar trough vaults occur.

Assessment

VILLA, built around 1900 in a Neo-Renaissance style with influences of the chalet style.

- Of architectural-historical value as an example of a villa built around 1900 that is well and properly preserved in both interior and exterior.

- Of urban planning value as a corner building on the Bonenburgerlaan which merges into the Kerkdijk and from the village centre serves as an exit route over the Apeldoorns Kanaal towards the countryside.

- Of cultural-historical value as a recognizable element from a social development as an example of housing for the new wealthy elite that preferred to settle outside the city in an environment with much natural beauty.