Woonhuis, Hoofdstraat 6

English translation

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Description

Introduction.

A RESIDENTIAL HOUSE with an adjoining COACH HOUSE, located on the western side of the Hoofdstraat, situated in the centre of the village of Terheijden. Front facade in sober Eclectic style, dating from the third quarter of the 19th century, possibly erected in front of a somewhat older building in its core. The facade has a striking main form with incurved top and cornice. On the rear side there is a spacious garden. The building has undergone some alterations over time. The coach house on the right side has been newly rebuilt. Its entrance has been newly filled in. The rear facade of the house has been newly clamped and adjoins on the left a modern rear extension. The facade openings within this facade have mostly been renewed. The rear entrance is partly bricked up and provided with a window. The conservatory has a new roof edge. The interior also underwent alterations. For the most part there are new stucco ceilings.

Description.

The residential house has a rectangular floor plan, one storey and an attic storey, contained within a gabled roof with half-hipped ends. The roof is covered with blackened old-Dutch tiles and is crowned at the ridge ends by white-painted chimneys with zinc rain caps, of which the front is crowned by a cow. On the left gable a large chimney partly rendered, partly of brick. The front facade is four bays wide and executed as an incurved cornice-topped facade rendered in stretcher bond with quarter-round sides. The facade is articulated horizontally by a sandstone plinth and a principal ornament with narrow architrave moulding, a smooth rendered frieze with rosette-shaped ornaments and a moulded wooden cornice with moulded consoles. Windows and entrance are provided with moulded surrounds with rounded upper corners and stucco decoration in the centre above. The stucco decoration above the entrance takes the form of a bearded male head. On the ground storey an entrance with sandstone steps, unmoulded frame with sandstone sides and a single-panelled door with false hinges. Above this a single-light fanlight with simple leaded glass and cast-iron tree of life. Furthermore three windows with sandstone drip moulds with finely dressed finish, unmoulded frames and six-light sash windows. On the upper storey three smaller windows with sandstone drip moulds and four-light sash windows. In front of the left part of the right side facade a brick cuckoo clock with wrought-iron grille.

On the right side facade a renewed coach house adjoins with gabled roof, front facade with incurved top and a substantial round-arched frame with double coach doors and a fanlight with spoke-form glazing bars. The roof of the coach house, covered with blackened old-Dutch tiles, adjoins at the rear to a higher rear extension, also with gabled roof.

The straight rear facade has been newly clamped and has mostly renewed window openings within the facade. The left half of the facade contains on the left a window with an authentic frame with shutter groove and thumbs. The multi-light window and likewise fanlight have been renewed. To the right of the window is a former entrance which has been converted to a window. The authentic frame with shutter groove and thumbs has also been preserved here. The authentic fanlight is filled with leaded glass which contains centrally a medallion with a townscape. On the upper storey on the left is a window and on the right a balcony door, both with modern filling. Said windows have a brick drip mould, the lower window also has a sandstone drip mould. Against the facade on the right is a substantial wooden conservatory which is provided with a rendered base and a flat roof. The conservatory has decoratively carved stiles and at the top a renewed roof edge. On the front there is a centrally placed entrance with a double single-light hinged door with panels. Above the entrance is a single-light fanlight. On either side there are two single-light windows with a single-light fanlight. The windows, including those within the double door, have along the top a three-light glazing bar division with yellow cathedral glass. The conservatory has within the left side three windows identical to those on the front, likewise with three single-light fanlights. All fanlights are filled with leaded glass, some with bird motifs within a medallion. The right side adjoins an extension and also has three single-light fanlights above with leaded glass. On the rear facade of the building on the left a modern extension adjoins. The interior has undergone various alterations but still contains various authentic elements. The hall is provided with a terrazzo floor with a central ornamental mosaic and mosaic borders. There are slate plinths. The authentic stucco ceiling contains a central rosette and moulding profiles. The various entrances are provided with panelled doors within moulding profiles and have wooden thresholds. Access to the WC room is provided with a slate threshold. Here is located an original WC pan with accompanying small sink and urinal, all executed in Delft Blue and supplied by T.C. Brown Westhead Moore & C., established in Stoke-on-Trent in England (signature on the underside of the small sink). This sanitary ware is provided with flower and bird motifs. Within the WC pan is inscribed VICTORIA. The rooms en suite (to the left of the hall) each contain an authentic fireplace surround. In the front room this is executed in grey marble, in the back room in black marble. The wall between both rooms was altered around the second quarter of the twentieth century and provided with windows with sober leaded glass. From the back room the conservatory is accessible via a double single-light sliding door. The doors are filled with etched glass in neo-Renaissance style (vase motifs). The entrance also contains two single-light fanlights with sober leaded glass. In the conservatory is a decorative tile floor. The walls on either side of the sliding doors are provided with wall paintings with bird motifs. They are signed: A. SPRANGERS. The conservatory contains within the left side (viewed from inside) cupboards with beaded-and-butt-joint doors. In the kitchen (to the right of the hall) is a decorative tile floor. Access to the coach house section contains an eighteenth-century door with authentic hinges and fastenings as well as shouldered arch panels. The cellar contains an authentic brick-dust floor.

Assessment.

The object is of general importance. It has cultural-historical significance as an example of the socio-economic development of the west of North Brabant. It has architectural-historical value as a good and reasonably intact example of a medium-sized distinguished village residence from the third quarter of the 19th century, notable for the cornice-topped facade with incurved sides, the well-preserved and striking detailing of entrance and windows, as well as for the presence of a coach house. The building has art-historical value through the presence of the remarkable late 19th-century sanitary ware in the toilet room which was executed in Delft Blue and supplied by a firm established in Stoke-on-Trent, England (T.C. Brown Westhead Moore & C.). Of particular value are moreover the various medallions within the leaded glass of the fanlights on the rear of the building filled with bird motifs and a townscape, as well as the 18th-century kitchen door with shouldered arch panels. The object has ensemble value because of its prominent location on the most important main axis of the village of Terheijden, where it can be counted among the best-preserved historic dwellings. The building forms a characteristic component of the historic development along this main axis.