Woonhuis, Oranje Nassaulaan 24

English translation

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Description

Introduction.

Former MANSION with rear plot located in the district Het Zand. It is a terraced dwelling, built in 1902 in Neo-Renaissance style. The district Het Zand was laid out from approximately 1890 in an area between the old town centre and the railway and takes its name from the necessary raising of the terrain that had been excavated for military inundations. The dwellings were realized through private initiative and were mainly occupied by wealthy inhabitants of 's-Hertogenbosch. From the Stationsweg, the primary main axis of Het Zand, the wealth of ornamentation of the buildings decreases in a northerly and southerly direction, which corresponds to the original land prices and the social status of the former owners and residents. The former mansion is currently in use as commercial premises. New roof windows have been installed in the rear roof slope. The interior has been lightly modernized.

Description.

The partially cellared brick building occupies a rectangular floor plan and consists of two storeys and a roof storey under a Maasdeck slate-covered, hipped gabled roof with a flattened ridge. On the rear side an L-shaped single-storey extension. Roof eaves with overhanging gutter on bush-hammered claw-shaped corbels, ridge line likewise set off with overhanging gutter. Roof window in the front roof slope under a zinc-covered hipped roof with an inset spire. The asymmetrical front facade of the building, laid in red facing brick in running bond, has four bays. The left two project forward and are crowned with a composite decorative gable furnished with top and corner pilasters on corbels, ornamental vases on the shoulders, gable plaques with 'ANNO' and '1902' and a balcony with ornate wrought-iron balustrade. This balcony is situated above a wooden oriel (second storey) with rounded corners on three corbels and further furnished with wooden panels and rounded leaded glass windows under a zinc-covered, half-domed roof decorated with scaled motifs. The third bay is accentuated by decoratively carved natural stone surround. Small entrance portico on the ground floor with an overlying balcony with bulging wrought-iron railing. Fourth bay on the far right at the level of the gutter closed off with a corner turret on a corbel and crowned with an ornamental vase. Along the bottom of the facade a plinth, along the top of the facade—at the level of the gutter—an ornamental moulding and a frieze with decorative brick patterns. The front facade is further enlivened by the use of hard stone for the plinth, (water-)sills, cornice band, balcony and oriel plates and as facing on the decorative gable; a lighter limestone type for the setting, moulding and closing stones, bed joints, ornamental moulding, corbels, corbel stones, letterbox and ornamental features; and finally yellow and black coloured brick for the decorative patterns under the gutter.

Window openings under light segmental arches and round arches (decorative gable) with arched and round-arch-shaped window frames furnished with partly simplified one- and three-part sash windows, double balcony doors and a glazed and barred entrance door with panels. Rear facade corresponding, but with more restrained detailing. L-shaped single-storey extension under a flat roof, consisting of a three-bay-wide, coupled conservatory and rear entrance extension on which a broad balcony terrace and an adjacent one-bay-wide volume (now simplified) with a void. Window openings including cylindrical windows under iron lintels and roller shutter boxes. The floor plan layout has been retained. Long central corridor leads to the rear plot. On the left side a room-en-suite with conservatory, on the right side a front room, the stair landing and the kitchen with toilet and cellar access. Upper storeys with various separate former living and sleeping rooms arranged around the central stairwell.

Of the interior, the following are notably important: hall with marble floor tiles and plinth (in vestibule also marble wall panelling), diagonal skew stones and scroll-shaped corbels; stair landing with decoratively carved stair balusters, curved handrail and a twenty-light roof light framed with panels on the upper storey; kitchen with original polished polychrome cement tile flooring, remains of the fireplace and bacon storage cupboards; cellar with barrel vault and black stone flags; privy with black and yellow floor tiles; various rooms and spaces with (sliding) panelled doors, as well as windows partly still furnished with original handles and grips, profiled mouldings, wall cupboards and stucco ceilings.

Valuation.

The former mansion is of general importance. The object possesses cultural-historical values as an example of a dwelling for the more affluent. The social status is closely linked to its location in an urban planning context. Furthermore, because the object, as part of the first urban expansion beyond the walls, represents an important phase in the urban development of 's-Hertogenbosch. The object has architectural-historical value because of the aesthetic qualities of the architectural design, the carefully detailed ornamentation and the refined detailing in the facades and large parts of the interior. The object has ensemble values as part of the historical land division along one of the main roads of the district Het Zand. There exists a stylistic and architectural relationship with adjacent buildings. The object is of importance because of its architectural integrity and the many preserved elements from the interior and contributes to the visual and structural integrity of the district Het Zand.