Woonhuis, Bemuurde Weerd O.Z. 14

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Description

Introduction

A residential house built in 1898, possibly on the foundations of an older house given the traditional layout of front house, courtyard, back house. Behind the house there was originally a very narrow deep garden, bordering on the Gruttersdijk where the coach house still stands, Gruttersdijk 18. This garden was later largely built over. The house also lies in the axis of the Weerdsingel which is to be reopened. Although the name of the client is not currently known (2000/2001), it is assumed that he had himself depicted by means of a photographic process on a stained-glass panel at the level of the landing on the intermediate storey in the stairwell. He is depicted here against the background of a ruinous, monumental gate together with a racehorse with small carriage and a jockey. On the other panel the horse is depicted again, now only with the carriage and the jockey. That the owner must have been a horse lover is also evident from the stained-glass decoration in the rear window of the front house on the ground floor, which also contains motifs referring to equestrian sports. It is furthermore striking that a bathroom was present in the house from the outset, prominently situated on the intermediate storey at the landing of the stairwell. On this landing there is also a jardinière. Also remarkable is the large conservatory behind the house, which may have been used as a winter room or orangery.

Description

Residential house built in 1898 consisting of a front house and back house separated by a courtyard and connected to each other by a passageway on the right side. Against the rear facade of the back house a large conservatory has been built. On the courtyard are the dry toilet and two cupboards closed off by panel doors. The dry toilet is complete with wooden seat and white tiling. On the courtyard a tiling of black and white tiles and iron light grilles for the cellar. In front of the house is a sandstone step, on both sides closed off by a decorative wrought-iron gate. The front and back houses both consist of two storeys with a hipped roof. The back house is cellared with a cellar consisting of segmental barrel vaults on iron beams. The cellar has a raised section and there is an open wooden storage or wine cabinet. The front facade is built in hard red brick with a plinth and decorative elements in grey natural stone. The facade is three bays wide. The left two project slightly forward and end in a gable top in neo-Renaissance style with a stone in which the year 1898 is inscribed. In the right somewhat recessed bay there is an entrance with still the original panel door. On the storey above a small balcony with decorative iron railing. Along the roof edge still stands the iron cresting and on the tympanum of the gable top there is a remnant of an iron decorative element. The windows contain sash frames and a casement window at the top. The balcony is accessed by way of double doors. The facades to the courtyard of front house, passageway and back house are all plastered with partly still the original windows. Most remarkable is the large window of the front house on the ground floor. This appears to have original glazing bars with iron bars. Above this is the stained glass with motifs from equestrian sports. The rear facade of the back house is plastered and has the form of a flattened gable top. On the storey and roof level there are respectively two large and two small windows on the ground floor stands the conservatory against the facade. The conservatory is of wood with large glazed panel doors and a gently sloping glazed gabled roof. Along the edge of the roof line is a decorative moulding; at the top there was a decorative element, of which only the beginning now remains. The layout and interior finishing of the ground floor is well preserved. On the right is the hall with draught door with stained glass to the passageway. The passageway at the level of the conservatory has a second double draught door, one of wood and one with etched glass with a flower vase motif. Hall and passageway have a marble floor, the hall moreover a marble wainscot. Above is a finish in combination of stucco with decorative elements in the form of roundels with putti of papier-mâché. The passageway has simple stucco finishing with the stuccoed beams visible. In the front house there is furthermore a large front room and a smaller back room. The front room has rich finishing including a wooden wainscot, in which panels of papier-mâché with a representation of flower vases are set. Furthermore a painted stucco ceiling with presumably also decorative elements of papier-mâché, a substantial marble fireplace against the left wall and internal shutters. Wooden panel sliding doors separate the front from the back room. The back room is much simpler in its furnishings. In the back house the kitchen and stairwell are arranged side by side with a large room behind. In the kitchen there are still the blue and white tiles, the wooden kitchen cupboards with sliding doors, and the chimney, furthermore still an original window with casement windows to the courtyard. The back room has a richly ornamented, painted ceiling, also here presumably stucco with papier-mâché ornamentation. There is a wooden wainscot and a marble fireplace against the left wall. The sliding doors to the conservatory are double executed, one pair of wooden panel doors and one pair with glass panels. The conservatory has simple wooden wall finish of stiles with panels between. In the right wall are double doors to the passageway. The stairwell with intermediate storey has a large fanlight and leads with a landing on an intermediate storey to the first storey up to the loft. The oak stairs have a newel baluster and railings on iron spindles. The walls are stuccoed with the same papier-mâché decoration as the hall. At the level of the intermediate storey there is a small landing. Here on the right side stands a substantial wooden jardinière resting on a marble console and leg; the zinc planter is still present. Opposite this is the entrance to the bathroom. This room has preserved its finish with blue and white decorated tiles plus a window with stained glass. The layout and interior finishing of the storey has been altered and modernised. There is still a decorative moulding in the passageway in connection with the stairwell. In the front and back rooms there is a marble fireplace. The roof truss structure appears almost intact, but due to later partition and painting is not clearly visible.

Valuation

Residential house of general significance on account of architectural historical values as an example of a house in neo-Renaissance style from 1898, which is intact in terms of architecture, principal layout and layout and interior finishing of the ground floor and stairwell and preserved as a unity. Furthermore of significance on account of striking material applications: papier-mâché, steel window bars, stained-glass decoration referring to the owner. Furthermore of urban planning significance on account of the very deep and narrow rear gardens existing at the location extending to the Gruttersdijk where the former coach house (Gruttersdijk 18) is located and on account of its situation in the axis of the (to be reopened) Weerdsingel.