Mariënhof

English translation

The text above is the record as published by the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed, in Dutch. The English below is a machine translation made by TreeAlive, not by the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed; it has not been checked by a person. Where the two differ, the original is the record. Report a translation error: privacy@treealive.com

Description

Introduction.

VILLA "Mariënhof", in the stylistic forms of Traditionalism and Rationalism from 1916-'18 designed by architect J.W. Hanrath (Hilversum). The other components of the complex are: tea house (II) and the garden (III). The villa was built for the industrialist family Jos Janssen-Verhulst.

Description.

The two-storey villa with attic storey on a rectangular floor plan is covered by an overhanging hipped roof. The front or south facade is symmetrical in layout and three bays wide. The central bay contains a round-arched portico with the main entrance. This consists of an oak front door with leaded-glass side windows and fanlight signed by P. Wiegersma (Deurne). In the side windows depictions from the textile industry, namely the dyeing works. The fanlight shows a biblical scene, namely Noah's Ark with numerous exotic animals. The window bears the following inscription: "1890 - 2 december - 1940", which possibly indicates an anniversary of the textile dyeing works. In the portico is the following inscription in sandstone: "Memorial stone laid by Joseph and Charles Janssen, January 1917". The front door has a wrought-iron bell pull. Above the entrance section a cross window and two cloister windows. The central bay is flanked by three-sided bay-like projections with the characteristic cross windows for this house on the ground floor and upper floor. The east facade contains on the ground floor a built-out veranda, now a conservatory with buttresses at the corners and round-arched wall openings and above it a balcony with a masonry balustrade provided with cast-iron balusters. The openings are now fitted with windows and garden doors. Behind the conservatory a simple service entrance on a small landing with two steps under a wooden canopy. The symmetrical west facade, which is two bays wide, contains two garden doors with shutters. Between the doors hangs an Art Nouveau lamp. In front of this extends across the full depth of the house a terrace with two sandstone steps to the garden and on the side a masonry closed balustrade. The symmetrical rear facade has seven bays on the ground floor and three on the upper floor. In the middle is the entrance section on a small landing with two sandstone steps under a small wooden balcony. The rear entrance consists of two half doors with side windows. The cross windows are most prominently present here. The cross and cloister windows of the villa are partially fitted with shutters in the lower windows. In the upper windows there is everywhere clear leaded glass. The roof clad with red Old Dutch tiles is crowned by two stone chimneys with ornamental brickwork. In the roof are multiple dormers with stone sides. The masonry consists of red hand-formed brick laid in Flemish bond with recessed pointing. The villa has a rich interior. In the vestibule wainscoting and floor of green marble. Around the central hall are the principal rooms of the villa: living room, children's room and reception room. In the cloakroom a toilet with entrance lobby with green glazed wall tiles. The hall with timber-frame ceiling has a strip floor of oak and wainscoting of pine. A three-part pine staircase with two landings. From the upper landing a door to the small balcony in the rear facade. Under the stairs a passage giving access to the kitchen, the cellar and garden. In the cellar separate rooms for wine, vegetables, coal and central heating. The floors are laid with glazed red tiles. The kitchen has a cooking range with a large original nine-burner gas stove "Etna" brand with two baking ovens. The kitchen contains a call system, which was originally connected to twenty rooms of the villa. Between kitchen and living room a service room with china cupboards. The cupboards in kitchen and service room have panel doors with leaded-glass windows. In the scullery a service toilet, cupboards and access for staff and possible service providers. The floors of kitchen, scullery and toilet consist of black and white tiles laid in a checkerboard pattern. On the walls wainscoting of white-glazed Old Dutch tiles alternated by blue-glazed tiles with depictions in both kitchens and service room of, among other things, children's games and old crafts, and on the service toilet. On the inside of the range are tiles with a medallion with depictions of houses, churches, castles and the like. The living room to the right of the entrance has along the walls pine wainscoting, the timber-frame or coffered ceiling of the room is somewhat lowered. In an alcove, on the side of the entrance, a small range. The alcove has a lowered ceiling relative to the room. The conservatory (originally veranda) offers a view of the drive of the villa. The reception room to the left of the entrance has a representative character, here lies a mosaic parquet of oak and the wainscoting is of teak. In the room a green marble range, framed by teak and crowned by a mirror. Beam ceiling with keystones. The room contains a wall in which, for reasons of symmetry, a blind door is incorporated. The other door, which is double-sided for sound insulation, gives access to the smoking and children's room. This room has pine wainscoting, strip floor, a timber-frame ceiling and a range, crowned by a mirror with a painting above it of a vase with anemones. Both the reception room and the children's room have French doors opening onto the terrace. Striking is the stylistic difference of the rooms on the ground floor. The living room has a cosy, homely character with an informal style. The reception room is the most stately, representative room. The children's room resembles it, but is simpler. On the first floor are the bedrooms and two bathrooms. The master bedroom, which also has a range, is part of an apartment consisting of a boudoir, dressing room (wardrobe) and bathroom. The dressing room has access to the balcony above the veranda. The boudoir, with a small range framed by Old Dutch tiles, has, in contrast to the other floors on the upper floor, floor covering. In the bedrooms, toilet and bathrooms marble washbasin combinations. The walls in the toilet and bathrooms are fitted with copper-green tiles. The panel doors in the villa are of solid pine. On the upper floor the doors and architraves are white on the room side and painted in "wood-effect" on the passage side. The radiators in the rooms are in a recess behind grilles below the windows. The recesses are in various places lined with the same copper-green tiles as in the wet rooms of the villa. On the attic floor are a guest room and a simple storage room.

Valuation.

The object is of general importance. The building has cultural-historical significance as a particular expression of cultural and socio-economic development, in particular the establishment of country houses on the outskirts of industrial cities. It is of significance as a particular expression of technical and typological development. It has architectural-historical values because of refined detailing; it is of particular significance in the oeuvre of J.W. Hanrath and L.A. Springer. The complex has ensemble values due to the coherence of the building with the arrangement of the landscaped garden. The complex is of significance because of the architectural integrity of exterior and interior; it is of significance because of the high-quality architectural quality of the component parts. The complex is of significance because of its architectural-historical, construction-technical and typological rarity.