Bergzicht

English translation

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Description

Description

Fully basement VILLA "Bergzicht" of two storeys and attic on a rectangular ground plan. The building is four window bays wide and three window bays deep. The arrangement of the facades is regular.

The brick FACADES are laid in cross bond and have no horizontal or vertical articulation. The main entrance is located in the middle of the right side facade. A hardstone staircase leads to a basket arch-shaped closed portico containing two wall benches, a glazed door and a two-light fanlight. The middle and upper panels of the door are provided with glass and iron grilles in neo-renaissance style. In the middle grilles a bird and a snail are incorporated, sitting on a branch. The arch-shaped surround of the fanlight and the seat of the wall benches are executed in white-veined red marble. The tall Empire windows have rounded upper corners. The plastered surrounds in yellow brick of the fanlights rest on profiled baked corbel stones. The drip mouldings are executed in hardstone. In the middle of the facade on the street side is a balcony with wrought iron railings the width of two window bays. The balcony is accessible via two 2-part glazed doors in Empire style. An identical glazed door in the left side facade serves as a terrace door. The basement has four segment arch-shaped closed wall openings in the street facade positioned in the window bays.

The ROOF consists of a surrounding hipped roof with a flat section. The roof shield is covered with slate in Maas bond (originally Dutch tiles) and has an overhang with curved sawn roof edge (wave and bracket motif). The corners of the flat section are marked by brick chimneys.

The SPATIAL ARRANGEMENT of the villa consists of interconnected rooms at the front, a cross corridor with stairs in the middle, and work rooms (former kitchen, small office) at the rear. The arrangement of the basement consists of four adjoining vaulted compartments and a connecting corridor at the rear. The villa possesses a large number of valuable INTERIOR ELEMENTS, such as natural stone floors in the corridor and former kitchen and wooden floors of wide sections in the interconnected rooms; marble fireplaces in the interconnected rooms and small office; a sandstone fireplace in the former kitchen; panel doors with profiled frames; a wooden main staircase with curved treads and two baluster-shaped newel posts; fold-down blinds and a wide and tall glazed door in the interconnected rooms. The ebony panelling and curtain rods have been removed.

Valuation

Manufacturer's VILLA "Bergzicht".

- Of architectural-historical value as a typologically sound and relatively intact interior and exterior example of a large villa from the second half of the 19th century of a successful entrepreneur who lived at his business. Behind the relatively plain exterior lies a rich interior and an original spatial arrangement.

- Of urban planning value as an essential part of the former brewery complex "Bergzicht" and because of the striking position at some distance from the Royal Road to which the building is connected by a straight access road.

- Of cultural-historical value as a special expression of a socio-economic activity, namely the prominent residence of an entrepreneur who lives at his craft business.