Woonhuis, Koninginneweg 38

English translation

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Description

Introduction

DOUBLE VILLA, built in 1901 in eclectic style combining Art Nouveau and Chalet style elements, designed by J.H. Slot, prominently sited on a corner plot at the intersection of Koninginneweg and Naarderstraat.

Description

Double villa, erected on a composite ground plan, consisting of a southern volume in two storeys and a low attic storey with projecting stepped gable on the east and south sides and extension on the west side, with the northern volume on an irregular rectangular ground plan in two storeys and a low attic storey with projecting stepped gable on the north and west sides, connected by means of a rectangular element (former dining rooms) at the height of one storey with a quadrilateral projection on the northeast corner under a high-pitched roof with sag, ridge cresting and weather vane. Rising in the midst of the whole is a rectangular volume forming a narrow exterior facade on the south and west sides. A timber conservatory on a brick base, with carved posts, parapet and a door preceded by two steps, is located in the northwest and southeast corner. Above the conservatory a balcony under continuous roofline, with timber parapet, carved posts and boarding. The facades are rendered plaster on a brick plinth, the composite overhanging roofline covered with red pantiles. The pitched roof is covered with red tuiles-du-Nord. The stepped gables contain at the height of the attic storey in the centre two small windows among simple stile-and-rail work. The predominantly used sash windows of the northern volume, which is oriented towards Koninginneweg, still contain the fanlights with glazing bars, most of the windows are fitted with shutters. The relieving arches above windows and doors, round arches and window sills are of red brick. The north facade contains to the left of the stepped gable the entrance door with fanlight in a porch with natural stone step behind a round arch. On the first floor is a window in stile-and-rail work. The stepped gable has chamfered corners at ground level with a window on all sides. On the first floor there are French doors opening onto a balcony behind a round arch with timber balustrade. The connecting element contains a window on the north side, a door on the east side, while a window is placed in all four sides of the projection.

The east facade is executed as a mirror image, except for the opening in the stepped gable at ground level with straight angles and the window on the first floor behind a brick openwork parapet. To the right is a double window placed in the facade of the connecting element. A dormer window under a lean-to roof on the right side and perpendicular to it on the left side of a wall dam, in which small windows next to chimney.

The south facade contains on the left a stepped gable with on the ground floor a door and window, on the first floor a window. To the left set back a door with sidelight, window on first floor. In the south facade of the stepped gable some windows of the northern volume.

The west facade contains in the stepped gable French doors and a window on the first floor. To the right set back a door with sidelight, a window on the first floor. In the west facade of the stepped gable of the southern volume some windows.

Valuation

The double villa is of general importance due to its architectural and cultural-historical value as a well-preserved example of an early twentieth-century double villa in eclectic style, combining Art Nouveau and Chalet style elements, prominently sited at the corner of Koninginneweg and Naarderstraat.