Landhuis, Lingsforterweg 26

English translation

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Description

Description component 1: MAIN BUILDING (Arcen).

A brick country house in sober brick architecture situated in a canal, set on an older building site. Following archaeological investigation, traces have been found of two predecessors: a 15th-century house and a 16th-century house; the latter was completely destroyed in 1646. Between circa 1661 and circa 1730 the present house was constructed originally on a symmetrical U-shaped ground plan, but in a fire in 1806 the left wing was lost (partially rebuilt circa 1875) resulting in the L-shaped floor plan.

The house is constructed of a basement and two storeys under double hipped roofs covered with slate with a valley gutter. The facades show very regular articulation with tall spandrels (niches) that extend over two storeys and are concluded below the cornice by basket arches; in each niche a window is incorporated. All windows are slightly arched; the basement window is grilled. The front facade has a slightly projecting central section and the rear facade a prominent central section of three bays crowned by a pediment; on the front facade furnished with an alliance coat of arms of the builder Adolphus R.A. van Gelder and Anna Marie Beatrix von der Recke. Before the entrance a high curved stone flight of steps with natural stone treads and an iron balustrade in Classicist style; in the brick central section a door providing access to the basement; on the piano nobile a double entrance (panel) door with a semicircular fanlight fitted with radial glazing bars and set in an Ionic pilaster order with a cornice.

In the INTERIOR of particular importance is the nearly original floor plan with central hall and large room on the central axis; to the right of this a 'curved' staircase with carved wooden balusters, early 18th century. From the early 18th-century fittings the following are of particular importance: hall with a floor of Namur stone and two console tables with corresponding mirrors in the Louis XIV style; large room with panel wainscoting, stucco ceiling with soffit, fireplace with marble chimneypiece and wooden surround into which a mirror and a painting (portrait of Frederick William I of Prussia) are incorporated, and likewise two console tables with corresponding mirrors in the Louis XIV style; small room with a painted ceiling with a representation of Flora; in the hunting room a high sandstone chimneypiece from the 17th century. Basement with cross vaults.

Valuation

The MAIN BUILDING (Arcen) is of general importance:

- on account of its age;

- on account of its late 17th-century and early 18th-century design in sober brick architecture;

- on account of the well-preserved spatial layout and interior components;

- on account of the characteristic location within the historical structure;

- on account of the functional-spatial relationship with the other components of the country estate.