Heyendaal

English translation

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Description

Introduction

Detached COUNTRY HOUSE with spacious FRONT GARDEN, named Heyendaal. The country house is situated at a raised level on the east side of the St-Annastraat, now located at Geert Grooteplein Noord. The level difference with Sint-Annastraat is almost three metres. The country house was built on the commission of margarine manufacturer Frans Jurgens in 1912-1913 according to designs by architect Charles M.F.H. Estourgie (1884-1950) from Nijmegen. Contractors were W.H. Thunnissen and J.Chr. Kropman. The architectural style is neo-renaissance, based on Dutch Renaissance. The sculptural work in the facade is, as regards the portraits, executed by Antwerp sculptor Egidius (Eggie) Everaerts (?-1948). The interior of the country house was installed in 1913-1914 under the direction of interior architect Antonius H. Trautwein (1851-1919). The historical, imported from elsewhere interior components of this interior form an integral part of the building and its protection.

Description

The brick building, laid in running bond, is erected on a complex ground plan and comprises two storeys beneath a roof with slates in Meuse coverage. The roof is furnished with a flat section with large flue stacks with profiled sandstone termination at the corners. Between the flue stacks is ornamental ironwork fencing. The facades rest on a plinth of granite and contain decorations in sandstone. The decorations consist of string courses, angle blocks, springer and keystone blocks and various sculpted components. The keystones above windows and doors are furnished with male, female and angel heads, as well as lion and diamond heads. The frieze of the roof-terminating cornice is decorated with eleven female heads, representing the eleven provinces. Among these, the heads of North Holland and Zeeland are portraits of Mrs Estourgie and Mrs Jurgens respectively. The male heads on the tower represent Messrs Estourgie, Galoppin, Kropman and Thunnissen, architect, garden architect and presumably the contractors. Besides these are representations of hunting and commerce and industry. The facades contain several old gable stones, part of which was donated to the municipality of Heusden in 1950, where they originally came from. Unless stated otherwise, the window frames are made of sandstone, the fanlights are almost all furnished with partly polychrome stained glass. The terraces are all paved with tiles in red, black and white.

The FRONT FACADE is dominated by a square bell tower, which in its upper section transitions to an octagon beneath a tapered spire. The tower contains on the ground floor the main entrance, set within an entirely sandstone-executed Greek temple front. The tympanum is furnished with a relief. The entrance consists of a panelled door with sidelights. Above the roof of the temple front is a five-light fanlight. The tower is further furnished with various windows, doors providing access to small balconies and decorations including gargoyles. The small balconies have ornamental ironwork balustrades. To the right of the tower the ground floor has three cross windows. On the upper storey the facade steps back considerably and has here a balcony, accessible via a door and sidelights and three fanlights. To the left of the tower is a single-storey extension beneath a gabled roof, from which the five-sided closed former hunting room projects forward. The extension contains two-lights with sixteen-pane windows.

The LEFT SIDE FACADE has on the left a slightly projecting building component, which ends in a stepped gable, crowned with a pelican. The ground floor here has a five-sided bay with above it a balcony with sandstone balustrade between built-in columns. The bay has in the front face a three-light, in the chamfered sides a cloister window and in the side faces a high-placed window. The balcony is accessible via a door with elliptically-terminated form with sidelights and three fanlights. Above the door is a date stone with the year 1912. The upper storey has a three-light, flanked by two oculi. The facade contains in the middle on the ground floor a twelve-pane pivot door with above it a heavily ornamented sculpted element a six-pane fanlight. On either side are two eighteen-pane sash windows. The upper storey has in the middle a cross window, flanked by two three-lights. To the right the facade has on the ground floor a panelled door with nine-pane glass panel and semicircular three-pane fanlight. Above this is on two levels a two-light, the lower of which is furnished with a twisted centre colonette. Furthest to the right is a single-storey extension, as continuation of the extension against the front facade. The right section of the extension projects far forward and is terminated with a stepped gable. The facade here on the ground floor has three coupled round-arch recesses. The right two contain a single-pane window, the left a small round window. The attic has a radial window. The stepped gable is crowned with a globe(?). The left section of the extension has in the front face two single-pane sash windows and in the left side face a high-placed five-light. Before the left side facade is a large terrace at different levels.

The REAR FACADE has on the left a far-projecting building component with on the ground floor and upper storey a cross window. The right section of the facade has on the left on the ground floor a loggia beneath an entirely sandstone-executed balcony. The facade contains at the location of the loggia three round-arch recesses, of which the left is furnished with a door. The balcony is accessible via a door in the left building component. At the location of the balcony the facade has a large three-light, the middle window of which rises higher and ends semicircularly. To the right the facade has on the ground floor a large door and window assembly with in the middle a two-pane pivot door with sidelights and a five-fold fanlight. The doors provide access to a terrace with sandstone balustrade between brick columns. The upper storey has here two cross windows. The facade is terminated with a cornice. The frieze is executed in decorative brickwork with ornamented sandstone sections. The roof section contains three roof dormers with hipped roof, two with twelve-pane pivot frame and one with nine-pane casement window. High in the roof is a roof dormer with triangular termination.

The RIGHT SIDE FACADE, the only symmetrically designed facade, contains in the middle a broad risalit. The risalit has on the ground floor a three-sided bay with chamfered sides. The front face contains a two-pane pivot door with divided fanlight, the side faces a cloister window with single-pane frames. The wall piers are executed as Ionic pilasters. Above the bay is a balcony with sandstone balustrade between brick columns, crowned with a vase. The balcony is accessible left and right via a single-pane round-arched door with fanlight. Between the doors is a cross window. The facade openings are relieved with an arch, the field of which is furnished with sculptural work. The risalit ends in a stepped gable with hipped roof overlay. The gable top contains in the middle a three-light with round windows on either side. The steps of the gables are furnished with a sandstone coping. The top has a thickening in brickwork, resting on a sandstone corbel and crowned with an eagle. Left and right of the risalit the facade is three bays wide. The middle bay contains on the ground floor a two-pane pivot door with divided fanlight, providing access to a terrace, furnished with a sandstone balustrade between brick columns. The left and right bay have on both storeys a cross window, as does the middle bay on the upper storey. These sections of the facade are terminated with a cornice, the reduced architrave of which continues over the middle risalit. The frieze is executed in decorative brickwork with ornamented sandstone sections. The roof section contains above the middle bay a roof dormer with hipped roof and twelve-pane pivot frame.

The rich INTERIOR contains partly original components from the time of construction, partly historical components brought from elsewhere. The layout is fairly original; only in the northeast corner has the layout and finishing been adapted to current use. The rooms are grouped around a north-south running corridor/axis, running from the entrance in the north to the stairwell in the south.

The entrance contains a floor of opus tessellatum with in the middle a star motif and flower motifs at the edges. The walls are furnished with marble wainscotting in red, white and black marble. Walls and ceiling are executed in stucco with respectively raised panels, border lines and central rosette. The corridor has similar wainscotting. The floor here is of white marble with red bands. The ceiling is executed as a barrel vault with transverse ribs that pass into pilasters. Niches are incorporated in the wall, one of which is furnished with a radiator with bronze heating casing. The doors in entrance and corridor have marble surrounds. The large hall contains against the south wall a large fireplace from the second quarter of the seventeenth century. The upper section of the mantel is presumably installed only in 1913-1914. The east wall has on either side of a niche two passages to the former dining room (left) and the 'billiard room' (right). The semicircular arch fields above the panelled doors contain a painting by Trautwein relating to the function of the rooms.

The room entirely to the right at the back (the former living room) is divided in two by a later wall. The room, the former living room, contains panels with a painting on canvas, which have been overpainted. Part of the stucco ceiling with panel division has been preserved. The interior of the room to the right, the former salon, was installed by architect Rouveel de Meu, after the original Louis XV interior was sold. The room to the right front, the former boudoir, has richly ornamented walls and ceiling in Louis XVI style, in the colour scheme light grey/white. The door decorative elements relate to joy and love and are presumably partly from elsewhere, partly made during construction. The west facade contains a white marble fireplace with concealed flue.

The large dining room to the left contains a ceiling with painted centrepiece by A. Glansdorp from 1947, after the original was destroyed by fire. The pendentives contain grisailles from 1947 by A. van Rijn. The painted door decorative elements above the cabinet doors date from the time of construction. The hall to the left at the back, the former billiard room, contains a coffered ceiling, filled with painted canvases and wooden rosettes. The canvases have a dark green background with gold-coloured foliage.

The stair hall is illuminated by a large window in the south facade, which has the form of a Serliana. The window is furnished with stained glass and contains, apart from floral motifs, a cartouche depicting a family in medieval dress, possibly representing the Jurgens-Smulders family. The wooden staircase has richly carved balusters.

The corridor on the upper storey has a stucco ceiling executed as a barrel vault with transverse ribs that pass into pilasters.

The interior contains the following HISTORICAL INTERIORS / COMPONENTS brought from elsewhere:

In the room to the right of the entrance hall, wainscotting with fireplace and stucco ceiling, Louis XVI. In the large hall below, a large fireplace, third quarter seventeenth century with against mantel and mantel richly carved pilasters and friezes, as well as a chimney breast, painted on panels. Tiles and hearth plate. Furthermore in this hall a door surround with carved twisted Ionic columns and cornice, third quarter seventeenth century. In a room to the left of the large hall below, rich wainscotting with two fireplaces, doors, overmantel paintings, as well as a carved surround with painting (heavily overpainted) in the ceiling, all in Louis XIV style. In the other room to the left of the hall below, richly carved wainscotting with panels and half columns, as well as a fireplace composed from old components (natural stone herms, consoles in the form of heraldic shield-bearing lionets, carved frieze and twisted columns with cornice), all third quarter seventeenth century. In the upper hall a carved fireplace with chimney breast, ceiling paintings, wall pilasters with Corinthian capitals and a richly carved portico, all late seventeenth century. In the upper corridor wall pilasters with carved Corinthian capitals and a door surround with wall columns and cornice, third quarter seventeenth century.

Valuation

Country house in Neo-Dutch Renaissance style from 1912-1913 according to designs by Ch. Estourgie with partly historical interior components brought from elsewhere.

- Of architectural historical value as a well and faithfully preserved example of a country house with ornamental work influenced by Neo-Dutch Renaissance. The building stands out through high aesthetic qualities, such as the advanced use of materials and rich ornamental work. Characteristic are amongst others the rich ornamental work in the facades and the rich components in the interior.

Also of value for the historical components present in the interior, which have been brought from elsewhere.

- Of urban design value through the striking situation on the east side of Sint-Annastraat. Despite the greatly changed surroundings, the building still dominates the streetscape at this location through its raised position, striking design and architecture.

- Of cultural-historical value as a recognizable element of a social development. The building was constructed as housing for a wealthy patron, belonging to the second generation of industrialists, who settled in the east of the country because of cheap labour.