Woonhuis, Torenlaan 37

English translation

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Description

Introduction

DOUBLE VILLA in eclectic style dating from around 1880, with associated BOUNDARY FENCE, situated in the villa district 'De Boomberg'. The rear part of no. 37 was extended in 1899 to a design by J. de Groot. The double villa shows strong similarities with the double villa at Torenlaan 41;43. The double villa is set slightly back in a garden, closed off along the street by an iron railing fence.

Description

The double villa, set out in principal form symmetrically, is erected on a nearly rectangular ground plan over two storeys and a loft storey with raised central section and corner risalits on the rear facade. The central section is covered by a gabled roof, the lower structural parts by truncated hipped roofs with concealed Dutch tiles. The rendered facades are executed above the grey-painted plinth with false joints, a cordon course and a meandering moulding under the profiled gutter moulding. Predominantly T-windows and doors with straight-topped fanlights, accented in the plasterwork, some hung with jalousies. In the conservatories windows with ornamental glazing bars and sash doors. The symmetrical front facade (N) has five window bays, the middle one in a broad risalit with corner pilasters and in the gable a climbing arch frieze. The wooden conservatory in front of the central risalit has cut-off corners and above it a small balcony with cast-iron balcony railing. On the storey a double glass door in a composite frame with top and side fanlights under a straight profiled moulding with drip moulding and in the gable top a round-framed window. The left side facade (E) has four window bays with at the far right a large rectangular wooden conservatory and to its left a risaliting window bay with entrance in an arched porch. Original panel door with cast-iron grille and lantern in the fanlight. In front of the left window bay a bay window with cut-off corners under a wooden balcony with ornate iron railing. In the bay window a double glass door, flanked by narrow sash windows in the angled sides. On the storey a glass door to the balcony.

The west facade has a similar arrangement, but has only three window bays. On the left a rectangular wooden conservatory and next to it the risaliting window bay with entrance in an arched porch. Original panel door with cast-iron grille. The slightly recessed gable section at the far right is blind except for one small window. Rear facade (S) with two corner risalits on either side of the gable of the raised central section with wooden conservatory on the ground floor, T-window on the storey and a round-framed window in the gable top. In the left risalit a panel door and a sash window, on the storey two T-windows. In front of the right risalit a later annex.

The boundary fence consists of a simple iron railing fence with cast-iron columns on either side of the access gate with two swing leaves.

Valuation

The late 19th-century double villa with associated boundary fence is of general importance because of its architectural and cultural-historical value as a representative and largely well-preserved example of a villa in eclectic style. The villa is of high urban planning importance because of its ensemble value as a characteristic and image-defining part of the well-preserved villa park 'De Boomberg'.