Bijstein

English translation

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Description

COUNTRY HOUSE on H-shaped plan, with an oriel extension on the right side gable. The building has two storeys and an attic storey and is covered with a truncated hipped roof between two gabled roofs. The roofs are laid with suppressed Romanesque tiles and have chimneys with smoke caps in the form of tent roofs at the ends of the four stepped gables on the front and rear sides. Drainage takes place via a gutter behind the cornice. In the roof slopes dormer windows are applied with two six-pane sash windows. The dormers have wall cheeks and curved pediments with rose fillings. The facades are built of brickwork and provided with mainly six-pane sash windows in the first storey and somewhat lower six-pane eyebrow windows on the upper storey. The windows are provided with blinds and are closed at the top with a lintel and are provided with underdorpels at the bottom. The woodwork on the facades such as frames, dormers and balustrades is painted white. The facades are finished with a frieze and cornice or by means of stepped gables above the side sections on the front and rear sides.

The symmetrically laid out FRONT FACADE is divided into a two-bay central section between two-bay side sections which project slightly forward and are finished with stepped gables. The central section has centrally on the first storey an entrance pavilion under a canopy on consoles. Above the canopy is a multi-pane fanlight. The front door is a panelled door. The door and fanlight are surrounded by moulding with a head frame. On either side are narrow vertical windows. On the upper storey there are two windows of the described type. In the middle above the cornice a large dormer with curved pediment is installed. The stepped gables each have windows as described in the first and second storeys and in the stepped gables each two narrow vertical divided windows with four-pane frames, provided with lower shutters.

The RIGHT SIDE GABLE has on the left an oriel over two bays. This oriel has composite frames with windows and doors on three sides. The oriel is finished with a frieze and cornice. The flat of the oriel is a balcony and provided with a wooden balustrade. The upper storey has on the left a window and a balcony door. The side slope contains three dormers with pediments. The LEFT SIDE GABLE has a slightly projecting central risalit with in each storey a window of the already described type. On either side the facade has two bays with windows. In the roof slope three large dormers with curved pediments.

Valuation

COUNTRY HOUSE

- Of architectural-historical value as an example of a well-preserved and representative example of a country house from the first quarter of the 20th century, built in a traditionalistic style. The house is of importance because of the high aesthetic qualities of the design, such as the proportions in the main form and the facade divisions; the detailing and the use of materials. The house is furthermore of importance for the typological development of the country house and the villa in the Netherlands in the first quarter of the 20th century.

- Of urban planning value as part of the historically developed rural area of Putten, where it is situated on the Nijkerkerstraat, on which the estates Oldenaller and Salentijn are also located, and where it represents considerable landscape value.

- Of cultural-historical value as a particular expression of a socio-economic development characteristic of the municipality of Putten, namely the construction of country estates as summer residences or permanent residences of the wealthy in beautiful rural areas.