Woonhuis, Sint Michaelstraat 1

English translation

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Description

Introduction

At Sint Michaelstraat 1, 3 and 3a, situated on a large plot, stands a double VILLA with, on the street side to demarcate the front yard, some GATE PIERS between which stands a partially still authentic GATE. On the right gable a CONSERVATORY has been added. Large side and rear yard with a partly restored ornamental garden containing, among other things, a monumental brown beech tree from the period of construction. Front yard with two parallel, straight paths leading to the main entrances, and on either side gravel paths to the side and rear yard. The double villa was built in 1905-1906 on behalf of Petrus Kreykamp according to a design by architect P. Rassaerts in a Transitional architecture with light influences from Art Nouveau, Neo-Renaissance and traditional building. The remaining authentic parts of the Art Nouveau ironwork come from the Tegelen smithy of P. Paulissen-Smeets. On behalf of Frans Kreykamp, Rassaerts added the conservatory in 1918. The right dwelling house (north side) was intended for Frans Kreykamp and his family, as evidenced by the initials "F.K." placed above the entrance door. The left dwelling house was intended for Joseph Kreykamp; the initials "J.K." originally also placed in a medallion above the entrance door have since disappeared. Next to both entrance doors is a foundation stone bearing the year "1905"; the stair tower of number 1 is crowned with a weather vane bearing the year "1906". In the closing wall of the conservatory is a commemorative stone bearing the year "1918". The right dwelling house has been divided into two residential units since 1951. The interiors have been largely modernised. The ironwork demarcating the front yard was partially replaced in 1999 by a spiked gate.

Description

The boundary fence on Sint Michaelstraat consists of various GATE PIERS constructed in red facing brick with broad base and crowning, layered pyramid caps. Between them low walls, consisting of a cemented base and flattened saddle-backs on which the decorative forged IRONWORK in Jugendstil largely stands (especially at numbers 1 and 3a). Wing gates (at no. 1 still original) provide access to the front yard. The double VILLA occupies an irregular, originally nearly mirror-symmetrical floor plan and contains partly three and partly four storeys plus a storey in the roof space under a composite roof, originally covered with dampened curved tiles and now also with dampened improved Dutch tiles (no. 1), consisting of a large hipped roof with overhang, broken in the middle by two gabled roofs placed at right angles to it (largely with half-hipped ends) with higher roof lines. Ridge ends crowned with finials. In the middle of the left side gable an extended stair tower on square ground plan under a roof covered with shingles, crowned with stylised wrought-iron crowning and weather vane with year. Overhanging, lightly profiled gutters with decoratively carved brackets. On the roof panels several high-built, narrow chimneys. The gables of the building constructed in red facing brick in English bond are articulated and enlivened by the application of a largely continuous rusticated plinth with red pointing in the basement storey, a sandstone drip moulding and ornamental brickwork with multiple block dentil cornices, moldings and diagonal brick dentils under the eaves. A varied gable composition and detailing makes the (originally) symmetrical floor plans into an alternating whole. Great variety of windows, including cupola windows and multi-part, composite windows with segmental arched fanlights (some with stained glass), cupola windows with round-arched fanlights and some narrow slit windows. Windows almost all with cemented sills, likewise abutting stones and brick relieving and hood mouldings with a decorative keystone in the middle. The front gable is six bays wide. The middle two bays project slightly and end respectively in a gable with curved roof overhang and a spout gable with shoulder pieces, enlivened with cemented abutting stones, a top pilaster resting on a figurative corbel and a crowning obelisk. Five-sided closed, two-storey bay window with a decoratively profiled and bevelled wooden frame with panels and coloured stained glass windows. On the bay a balcony with ornamental wrought-iron balustrade in Jugendstil. Bel-étage windows with vase balusters in the parapets. Parallel entrance staircases with sandstone steps and cemented, lightly curved railings on which a decorative wrought-iron Jugendstil balustrade and iron handrail. Glazed, double doors with panels. Decorated with floral stucco work, brick medallion above the entrance door of number 1 (initials "JK" disappeared), and similar ornament with initials "FK" above the door of number 3. Next to the doors a foundation stone. Left gable with emphasised middle bay. Halfway up an extended stair tower, resting on two consoles and a round-arched niche in which a coloured stained glass window. Detailing of tower as mentioned above. Straight-closed windows under round arches with decorative arch fields. On either side ornamental wrought-iron wall anchors in Jugendstil. Right gable likewise with emphasised middle bay, containing among other things two oculi under the eaves, two round-arched windows of which one blind and one furnished with stained glass in Jugendstil, figurative stucco work and a wall anchor as mentioned. Symmetrical composition somewhat disrupted by the CONSERVATORY added in 1918 in light red facing brick. Single-storey, five-sided closed conservatory under a roof covered with slate in Maas bond, leaning hipped roof with finial on the ridge end. Overhanging, profiled gutter on brackets. Gables are articulated by a plastered plinth and large moldings with ornamental brickwork. Closing wall with small commemorative stone "1918" and decorative tiles. Wooden sash windows with pseudo-abutting and closing stones in black stone, glazed doorstones and fanlights furnished with coloured stained glass. The projecting middle two bays of the rear gable end in two gables with curved roof overhangs. On the bel-étage of both dwelling houses a conservatory extension with overhanging balcony, separated from each other by a partly hanging brick wall with cemented top. Under the conservatories are the entrances to the basement storey. Fragments of an ornamental wrought-iron structure in Jugendstil on the rear yard of number 1. Original interior layout partly preserved through the division of the right dwelling house. Recognisable are the stairwells located centrally in the side gables (accessible both from the sides, the service entrances, and from the hallway behind the main entrances), the reception rooms adjacent to these and the kitchens located at the rear. Storeys with various rooms grouped around the stairwell. Various elements have been preserved in the interiors. In the basement storeys are, among other things, the rich floors with terrazzo tiles and polychrome cement tiles, some washbasins and walls with white faceted tiles, some wooden strip doors and panel doors with yellow cathedral glass. In the stairwells the largely original stairs with carved wooden balusters, a simple stained glass window (number 1) and a coloured stained glass window with floral motifs in Jugendstil (number 3a). Furthermore some small preserved stucco work decoration on the ceilings and some panel doors with profiled moulding. Of importance are the stained glass windows of the bay window (number 3) depicting Kreykamp's tobacco factory, the old chapel dedicated to St. Rochus and Sebastianus in which Andreas Kreykamp once continued his business, and - as a reference to the brand name of his tobacco - a sun with some rays. Of particular importance is also the interior of the garden room (number 3a), where extensive use was made of decorative tiles such as those produced at the time in Tegelen by tile manufacturer Russel-Tiglia. Noteworthy are the chimney executed in various colours and entirely in glazed (profiled) stone, a plant pot likewise executed in these stones, the continuous wainscoting in yellow, green and deep red glazed stone, the entrance door with coloured stained glass, the stained glass fanlights of the windows, the marble windowsills and the stucco work decoration on the ceiling.

Valuation

The double VILLA with IRONWORK, PIERS and later added CONSERVATORY is of general interest. The object has cultural-historical values as a particular expression of the socio-economic development in the Limburgian tobacco and cigar industry, which flourished particularly strongly in Tegelen. Furthermore, the object is of importance for the typological development of manufacturers' houses. The use of materials, particularly the abundantly applied glazed stones in the garden room, recalls the then innovative Tegelen coarse ceramic industry.

The object has architectural and art-historical values because of the stylistic importance of the building and metalwork for the history of architecture, because of the aesthetic quality of the architectural design, the high-quality ornamentation, the particular detailing and the great variation in use of materials, window arrangements and gable treatment. The object has ensemble values because of the historical-spatial relationship with the villa Elise located on the opposite side of the road and as part of the historical buildings of the Steyl locality. The object is of importance because of the rarity of various architectural details and because of the preservation of the exterior in combination with some preserved elements from the interior. It reinforces the visual and structural integrity of the part of Steyl to be protected as a protected village view at national level.