Kasteel, buitenplaats, Diepenveenseweg 1

English translation

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Description

Description

The MAIN BUILDING of the historic country estate Groot- en Klein Hoenlo, house Groot Hoenlo, is built on an enclosed terrain, directly along the axis of the long approach drive. The country house is presumed to be originally eighteenth-century in origin and created from the enlargement of an older granary. The house acquired its current appearance and interior in 1897 when it was substantially rebuilt by father and son Van Nieukerken in a historicizing style and was provided with a new vestibule and front facade. The house is situated on an enclosed island, partly furnished with retaining walls and accessible by means of an access bridge with brick walls. The building is constructed of brick and has two storeys and a basement. The front facade is asymmetrically arranged with three window bays on the left and two window bays on the right with sash windows furnished with glazing bars. Centrally a three-storey risalit with bell gable, natural stone coping and volutes, centrally the main entrance with a flight of steps. The risalit extends along the line of the approach drive. The entrance consists of a double door between pilasters above which a semicircular tympanum with shell motifs. The side and rear facades are less regularly arranged and show various building masses with building traces including remains of brickwork from the older structures. Also various types of windows. The rear facade is furnished on the left with an extension in the form of a tower, a well-known subject in Van Nieukerken's designs, on the right with an extension with sash windows and a balcony (installed between 1986 and 1989) and a stepped gable. On the right side of the building is situated an extension of one storey with a terrace surrounded by balustrades. Originally the building was covered with tiles, now with slates (from 1994). In the period 1986 - 1989 some components of the exterior were altered. The building is now divided into various apartments, but in the interior various special components have been preserved. Thus for instance on the bel-étage a Louis XV staircase railing, Louis XVI stucco ceiling, stucco work with representations of rural life and painted wallpaper by Dalus from 1729 have been incorporated, as well as five marble fireplaces (Louis XIV, Louis XV, Louis XVI (2x) and Empire), an oak fireplace with sandstone columns and a tile surround and a grisaille above a decorative cabinet. Also in the house are a Louis XV central ceiling ornament, a nineteenth-century stucco ceiling and a neo-Louis XVI ceiling. In the house also oak panelling, doors, door frames and interior shutters. The bel-étage is still in authentic state, over time some alterations have been made in the basement and on the upper storeys.

Valuation

The MAIN BUILDING (house Groot Hoenlo) belonging to the historic country estate Groot- en Klein Hoenlo is of general importance because of: -the age; -the historicizing style; -the degree of integrity of interior and exterior; -the place which the house occupies within the oeuvre of father and son Van Nieukerken; -the characteristic location within the historic garden and park layout; -the functional and visual spatial relationship with the other components of the country estate.