Kasteel, buitenplaats, Rijksstraatweg 247

English translation

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Description

Description of component 1: MAIN BUILDING

Introduction

Originally situated on the south-east side of the forecourt of the vanished castle, the MAIN BUILDING (1) is a 17th-century mason's dwelling with an L-shaped plan that was erected in various periods. Since the 18th century it also functioned as a steward's residence with stabling and owes its present appearance mainly to alterations carried out in 1906 and 1928, when it acquired the character of the principal building on the country estate. During this period the small dairy building was also added. The main volume is the remnant of an 18th-century long house for the tenant with, on the south-east side, a section for the lessor, fitted with a cellared upper chamber. This division is still recognisable as such, only the cellar has disappeared. Around 1760 Carel George van Wassenaer van Obdam (1733-1800) replaced the transverse wing on the south-east side with a pavilion, of which the counterpart was presumably never realised. Stylistically the steward's residence shows similarity with the opposite carriage house (3). In 1906 a major alteration was undertaken for the tenant A. van Hoboken van Hoedekenskerke, whereby at the cost of the cellar a spacious hall was created, which opened onto the transversely positioned corridor at the rear of the house. The two rooms to its left were combined into a dining room. At the rear a conservatory and a scullery were added with a balcony above. There was a service staircase and bedrooms were created on the upper floor. The south-west facade was heightened with a bell gable and above the scullery came a children's room with a balcony above it, both in Old Dutch style. During an alteration in 1928 on behalf of Mrs A. van Dusseldorp-Ruys, D. Roosenberg replaced the conservatory with a new conservatory/garden room and modernisation took place, which is especially recognisable through the use of steel window frames.

Description

The composite main mass has in its principal form an elongated, Z-shaped plan. The elongated single-storey central section is covered by a hipped roof, onto which a truncated hipped roof adjoins at the rear (south-east). On the south-west side there is a two-storey pavilion under a mansard-shaped bent tent roof, crowned by a zinc finial. On the south-east side a two-storey section adjoins it, which is covered by a flat roof with on one side a catslide roof and a single-storey section with balcony. The elongated main volume has on the garden side (south-east) various one- and two-storey annexes, mostly under flat roof. The roofs covered with smothered Dutch tiles are finished with lead ridge and hip coverings. There are various chimneys, some with wind caps. The main volume is closed on the north-east side by a transversely positioned single-storey service section under hipped roof. Against the north-west facade a small dairy building under catslide roof is placed. The facades are built of grey brick (Flemish bond) with levelling courses, or on the lower side with arched stretches above the facade openings. The predominantly straight facade openings have at the main volume six-light sash windows and at the pavilion multi-light sash windows with arched fanlights at the top. The section altered in 1928 is provided with steel frames of various forms with hardstone sills. The front facade (north-west) situated at the forecourt side is a long facade closed off by a profiled wooden drip moulding, which is raised by one storey at the location of the entrance situated far to the right. The drip moulding follows the course of the segmental twelve-light sash window. The (early 20th-century) entrance below it consists of a panelled door with panes, provided with glazing-bar divided side and fanlights. To its left, between two original six-light sash windows, is an early 20th-century double-opening single-light terrace door with shutters and fanlight, fitted with a cast-iron tree of life motif. To its left (in the middle axis of the facade) is the original entrance with altered panelled door and eight-light fanlight, covered by a rampant-arch plastered older building fragment (a coat of arms with wreath in high relief). Above it a hoist window with four lights, covered by a mirror arch, cuts through the drip moulding. To its left is a bay in historicising manner with to its left an original six-light sash window, after which the facade is closed by the entrance to the former kitchen, consisting of a panelled door with eight-light fanlight. In the roof plane above are on either side of the said window two roof dormers with double-opening windows, the two middle ones of which are copies of the outer ones. Also present is an identical roof dormer in the north-eastern roof slope. On the forecourt side and on the south-west side the pavilion has between a hardstone plinth and a heavy main cornice a central risalit, in which on the ground floor and upper floor there is one window. Three of the windows are fitted with venetian blinds. The sash windows have on the ground floor a twelve-light glazing pattern and on the upper floor a six-light pattern. Two roof slopes have an 18th-century roof dormer with scroll-shaped cheeks and mirror arch covering. To the right of the pavilion on the south-east side a two-storey section with a cornice-topped facade adjoins, in which a slightly projecting bell gable is incorporated. This is crowned by a segmental arch, which forms the frame of a glazing-bar divided sash window. On the first upper floor is an 18th-century sash window, comparable with those of the pavilion. The facade ends with a two-storey annexe, which is closed off by a balcony with balustrade. On the ground floor there are four early 20th-century windows with glazing bars and shutters. The extension has on the ground floor on the garden side (south-east) on the right a narrow window with anti-theft bars and on the upper floor two windows with arched frames, shutters and altered windows. The balcony is accessible via a two-storey building section with bell gable via a double door under an arched four-light fanlight. To its right is a glazing-bar divided window. To the right of the extension there are three extensions under flat roof of varying height. The main volume is heightened on the garden side with one storey under flat roof, in front of which on the left is a window and door section. To the right of the bay is a round window. Against the right side facade of the extension is a small wooden bay, which continues to the end facade of the main volume. At right angles to this end facade the transversely positioned 18th-century stabling section is placed under a catslide roof. The facades, built of red brick, have a whitewashed plinth. Both gable ends have a hoist window. The north-west gable end also has a clamped double stable door. The long side facade (north-east) has, amongst other things, a clamped stable door and two cast-iron segmental-arch stable windows. In line with the north-west gable end is a garden wall (see 3), against the north-west side of which an early 20th-century small dairy building under catslide roof is placed, accessible via a clamped door in the left gable end. The long side facade has a cast-iron segmental-arch window with glazing bars. From the demolished room against the stabling section on the south-west side, only the red tile floor and the clamped door to the stabling section remain. This space now functions as a veranda, consisting of latticework with a zinc catslide roof.

Interior. The hall with marble floor and wainscoting opens onto an elongated corridor running in a north-east direction. To the right of the hall is the so-called steward's room with low wainscoting and marble fireplace in Louis XV style (circa 1760), interior shutters, early 20th-century parquet with herringbone pattern. Second room from the right is the kitchen with early 20th-century fireplace. The hall ends at the oak staircase with landing, executed with wainscoting with white panels. The early 20th-century service staircase next to it has a balustrade with cast-iron railings. To the left of the hall is the former early 20th-century dining room with plain fireplace and beamed ceiling. The corridor with white/black marble tiles in geometric pattern has sash windows with steel glazing bars and opens into a rectangular bay from the 1920s, which evokes associations with a ship's bow. This is accessible through an arched opening with three wooden steps, flanked by low transverse walls. In the stucco ceiling of the hall zodiac signs are rendered in high relief. At the end of the corridor is first the former living room of the service section, which was accessible via the kitchen behind it. This kitchen still contains the original broad fireplace with, amongst other things, flower tiles, where at the beginning of the 20th century a smaller open fireplace was placed. The former living room, accessible via sliding doors, is flanked by fixed display cabinets set in steel frames. The first upper floor has the bedroom above the steward's room with stucco ceiling with heavy moulding. In the stabling section is a water pump with hardstone water tank.

Valuation

The steward's residence with stabling and dairy of the historic country estate Zuydwijk, created in several periods, is of general interest because of its cultural, architectural and building-historical value as a characteristic example of an 18th-century steward's residence, situated on the forecourt of the vanished castle.

The steward's residence has a recognisable main form with a corner pavilion from the third quarter of the 18th century and is, as regards the various building-historical components, intact in terms of material use and detailing of the exterior and partly also interior.

The steward's residence has ensemble value because of the spatial and functional relationship with the other complex components of the country estate. There is also the stylistic coherence with the opposite carriage house.