Woonhuis, Spieghellaan 1

English translation

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Description

Introduction

DOUBLE VILLA in picturesque eclectic style from 1892, designed by engineer J. de Groot, situated in villa park De Boomberg. The facade division of both dwellings was originally mirror-image identical. The double villa is set back slightly in a garden.

Description

Symmetrical villa of two storeys on an approximately rectangular plan with corner pavilions under a composite hip-gable roof with Dutch tiles. The overhanging gable roofs above the corner pavilions are provided with wooden decorative mouldings and wind bracing with decorative trusses and ornamental details. The white rendered facades above a grey plinth are executed with false mortar joints in block pattern and under the windows casements. Simple string course. Predominantly sash windows and doors with straight-topped fanlights and shutters, partly under moulded cornices.

The approximately symmetrical front facade (E) has six window bays, of which the outer two are in corner risalits with pointed gables. In the gable tops of the corner risalits cast iron vent windows in circular framing with keystone. In front of the left risalit a wooden conservatory with truncated corners, sliding door and decorative glazing bar division in the windows. On the roof of the conservatory a small balcony with ornamental iron railing, onto which a double glass door opens. In the right risalit a large composite window frame and above it a double glass door with French balcony. The original panelled doors with ornamental iron work are located in the window bays adjacent to the risalits. In the roof section on the left two roof dormers, of which the right one with attic window and pediment crown. The side facades (N and S) each have two window bays. In front of the right ground floor window in the north facade a later extension.

At the symmetrical rear facade (W) two corner risalits with pointed gables and in the centre a long-shaped single-storey (scullery/shed) extension under a gable roof. In the right corner risalit a double glass door to the garden and to the left of it two small four-pane windows and on the upper floor a vent window. The rear facade of no. 3 has on the upper floor two original sash windows with shutters. At the north facade of the extension a later expansion and in the south facade a wooden door and cast iron round-arch window with decorative glazing bar division.

In the interior of house no. 1 the original floor plan layout, as well as details such as marble fireplaces, stucco ceilings, and panelled doors have been well preserved.

Valuation

The late nineteenth-century double villa is of general importance due to its cultural and architectural-historical value as a representative example of villa building in picturesque eclectic style. The double villa is of high importance from a town planning perspective due to its ensemble value as a characteristic and visually prominent component of the well-preserved villa park De Boomberg.