Cordis dos optima candor

English translation

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Description

Introduction

Built in 1898 on the order of knight Wyns de Reaucourt, a thatch-roofed DWELLING HOUSE in cottage style. Due to the laying out of the gardens around the castle De Haar, which was rebuilt from 1892 onwards by order of Etienne, baron van Zuylen van Nijevelt van de Haar, the old village of Haarzuilens was demolished and relocated. The buildings were realized according to designs by Jos Cuypers and his colleagues J. van Straaten and Jac. van Gils. The newly designed cottages were built around a central brink and almost all executed in the same native rustic style.

The initial designs of the dwelling house are, as evidenced by signatures on the drawings, from the hand of Joseph Cuypers. The first design provided for a cottage with simple gable timber cladding and a tiled roof. The definitive design is signed by J. van Straaten and Jac. van Gils. The dwelling bears the motto: 'Cordis dos optima candor': the purity of the heart is the greatest happiness. This was the coat of arms motto of the De Reaucourt family, which had a family connection with the Van Zuylens.

Description

The dwelling house located on the corner of Brinkstraat/Eikstraat in native rustic style with influences of the cottage building style, is constructed in red brick on a principally rectangular ground plan.

The building is partially undercellared, comprises one storey beneath a thatch-roofed roof structure with laid roof ridges. The roof structure is formed by right-angled arched gabled roofs of equal ridge height with staggered eaves level. The shutters and doors are painted red-white, the frames and timber work brown, the window wood white. Doors and windows are placed beneath a roll moulding, the brickwork beneath the roof is also provided with basketwork patterns.

The front facade or southeast facade has on the right a projecting building section with a bay window with a three-sided termination. Two sides contain a nine-light window beneath a six-light fanlight. The right oblique side is executed with a door and fanlight. The gable top with timber work contains a double window. The left building section contains a divided door in an arched frame with fanlight. To the left of it, above a pair of cellar windows, a two-light frame with shutters is set. The roof covering is raised at the point of a small roof dormer. The right side facade contains on the right a two-light frame with fanlight and shutters and on the right a likewise single window with fanlight.

The left side facade has on the right a single window with shutter and on the left a double window with shutters.

The rear facade contains a window with shutters and a door. The roof covering runs lower over the full width and is provided with a roof dormer extending from the roof covering with thatch.

The interior is original with regard to the layout. On the mantelpiece are painted three coats of arms of Van Zuijlen, Nijevelt and de Haar.

Valuation

The dwelling house is of general importance due to its architectural-historical value as an example of a simple dwelling house with elements of cottage construction from 1898. Of cultural-historical value as part of the origins history of the village of Haarszuilens, which is connected with the rebuild of the castle de Haar and the resulting - a situation unique for the Netherlands - relocation of the village. Also of ensemble value in relation to the other buildings, most of which are executed in the same building style with often the same coat of arms colours of the noble Zuylen family.