Woonhuis, Taalstraat 113

English translation

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Description

Introduction

The MANSION is located on the western side of the Taalstraat, at the corner of the Zeeldraaierssteeg. The building, which displays elements of Eclecticism, was built around 1880 by contractor Van Seeters (who was involved in the excavation of the Iron Man), as a residence for himself and his family. In the early 20th century the mansion came into the possession of the municipal receiver G. de Leier, who established a small reception office in the front room of the house: a counter still recalls this function. Particularly noteworthy is the postage stamp wallpaper in the front room created by Mrs. De Leier and the painted wallpaper dating from the end of the 19th century in the conservatory behind the mansion. Since its construction little has been changed to the mansion: a section of the conservatory at the rear was removed, in order to build a toilet and wardrobe cupboards behind the hall. On the attic -where originally only two maids' rooms were accommodated- a number of additional rooms were added around 1938.

Description

The partially cellared building has a rectangular floor plan and comprises two storeys beneath a hipped roof, covered with old Dutch tiles. Below this runs a profiled drip moulding. At the rear of the mansion is a single-storey extension beneath a gabled roof for a shed and scullery and a conservatory. The facades are constructed in brickwork: the western (rear) facade and southern facade are plastered. The front facade also uses natural stone: hardstone plinth and step. Cornice, abutment and closure pieces and arch-shaped mouldings in stucco.

The front facade (eastern facade) displays a symmetrical composition: a central risalit crowned with a pediment, with two bays/window axes on either side. Fluted pilasters surround the entrance section and at the corners of this facade. At ground-floor level these are plastered. The entrance section is located in the central risalit and consists of a wooden panelled door with arched fanlight, accessed via a low hardstone step. Above this a balcony with wrought-iron ornamental railing and natural-stone balustrade, resting on volute-shaped sandstone consoles, in which lion heads and draperies are depicted. Double French doors with windows and arched fanlight. Above this a band with natural-stone blocks and a segmental arch-shaped moulding, resting on consoles. On either side of the central risalit arched windows with T-frame glazing, simplified at ground-floor level.

The southern side facade has only one arched window with T-frame glazing, at kitchen level. This window is fitted with wooden shutters.

The rear facade (western facade) is executed considerably more simply and is on the upper storey furnished with straight-closed windows with six-pane sash frames. At the level of the stairwell a round window. On the ground floor to the left the conservatory, in which a double French door with windows filled with simple leaded glass. Also leaded-glass side and fanlights. To the right of this a section, which originally belonged to the conservatory, but which now forms a small hall with wardrobe and toilet. In this a simple wooden door with fanlight. On the far right of the rear facade the single-storey extension. In this, in the northern facade, two simple wooden doors with fanlights, leading to the shed and the scullery. The shed and the scullery have straight-closed windows with sash frames and wooden shutters. In the gable western facade of the shed a hoist door for the wood loft. Adjacent to the shed a garden wall, in which remains of demolished, older buildings.

The internal layout of the mansion is virtually entirely preserved: a central corridor with the stairwell at the rear. To the left of this a side room and the kitchen, to the right the front room and back room. A large number of original interior elements are still present: including stucco ceilings with putti and flower garlands in the sitting-, side and back rooms. In front and back rooms fireplaces with marble hearths and stucco pilasters in the breast. Original wooden door frames, wooden wainscoting and wooden window seats in the window recesses. In the side room a reception counter dating from the early part of this century and postage-stamp wallpaper with among others the coats of arms of Vught, North Brabant and the Netherlands. Adjacent to the back room the conservatory with painted wallpaper dating from the end of the 19th century depicting exotic landscapes and an illusionistic representation of a leaded-glass window with ornamental wrought ironwork. In the stairwell the original wooden staircase with cast-iron balustrade and wooden handrail. Below the scullery a potato cellar.

Valuation

The mansion is of general importance. It possesses cultural-historical value as a distinctive expression of the significance of Vught as a settlement with many luxurious mansions and villas for the well-to-do bourgeoisie. It possesses architectural-historical value because of the distinctive use of materials and the ornamentation. It possesses ensemble value because of the distinctive significance of the mansion due to its siting, connected with the development of the Taalstraat, where in the course of the nineteenth century many luxurious villas, country houses and mansions were erected. The object is of importance because of the extraordinary architectural integrity of exterior and interior -in which a preserved original late-19th-century wallpaper- and thereby also possesses rarity value.