Villa Mosa

English translation

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Description

Introduction

Villa Mosa, 1903. Situated in the southern part of the Wilhelminapark, which was laid out following the demolition of the fortifications in the last quarter of the 19th century for the purpose of housing construction for the well-to-do bourgeoisie. Villa Mosa was built on commission of banker Jos. R.H. van de Loo, according to a design in traditional style by Venlo architect Henri Seelen, which furthermore exhibits classicistic elements. Most likely after the sale of Villa Mosa to brewer Joh. Wolters in 1923, the originally flat roof, which was accessible via a staircase construction under a tent roof with flagpole and surrounded by an open-worked brick attic, was provided with a roof truss structure. The attic was thereby preserved. In 1952 Villa Mosa was taken into use as a dwelling house and branch office of the insurance company R.V.S. and war damage was repaired. The commission for this was given by the then owner J. Wolters. The architectural designs were made by architect Th. van Boekholdt. Excluded from protection is the garage built in 1932.

Description

Villa Mosa has a floor plan that is basically square in form and is provided on the north side with an extension containing a five-sided bay window room and an exterior terrace; on the west side there is an extension containing an external staircase, which provides access to the main entrance. Villa Mosa has two storeys, a full basement storey and since 1923, an attic storey. The whole is covered by a hipped roof, in which the stairwell on the rear facade runs under a tent roof. The roof is surrounded by the original brick cornice. The roof tiles are covered with slate in shingle fashion. The villa has the original, ornamented wooden windows and doors. The twofold vertical division of the slightly arched fanlight was in 1952 replaced by fanlights without division, but with leaded glass. Above the windows and doors from the first storey onwards are iron lintels ornamented with, among other things, rosettes, above which are filler pieces in red-green decorative brickwork and green glazed brick bands. These lintels rest on sandstone blocks, as a result of which the fanlights are slightly splayed. Villa Mosa is characterized by facades in red facing brick, laid in cross bond. Green glazed brick bands, speckle layers and mouldings. Sandstone threshold mouldings. Iron lintels. Villa Mosa has in all facades a slightly projecting plinth, with green glazed brick moulding. In principle, in each window bay there is a slightly arched, vertically divided wooden basement window. In the left side facade (east side) the basement window in the stair landing is blocked. In the right side facade (west side) there are two basement windows. These basement windows are now provided with a non-original protective green painted reinforced concrete lattice work. The front facade (north side) is dominated in the first storey by a substantial five-sided bay with balcony, of which the balustrade has been renewed. The bay has four window frames and one rectangular double wooden terrace door, which provides access to the exterior terrace at the front facade. The exterior terrace is deprived of the original access staircase and balustrade. This balustrade has been replaced by simple wrought-iron railwork. The brickwork of the exterior terrace is partly renewed. Furthermore, there are in the first storey of the front facade two more double wooden terrace doors. Between the drip mouldings above these doors the (renewed) inscription 'Villa Mosa' is placed. In the second storey a rectangular double wooden door provides access to the bay balcony. On either side of this door a blind niche, in which original vase ornaments on consoles were originally placed. The consoles are still present. In the second storey of the north facade, above both terrace doors, a wooden T-window. The front facade is, like the other facades, crowned by successively a decorative cornice, a roof gutter on corbels and the brick cornice. Centrally on the roof tile, above the brick cornice, there is a roof dormer with vertically divided rectangular wooden window, with a wooden segmental pediment and corner brackets. The left side facade (east side) has five window bays. In the middle bay is in the first storey the rectangular, double wooden entrance door placed. This is accessible via a landing, provided on the north side with several steps.

Borders and steps are covered with slate. Between the first and second window bay from the north side there is a decoratively designed, projecting chimney flue, terminating in a tall chimney. The REAR FACADE (south side) has five window bays. This facade is dominated by the slightly projecting central facade section of the staircase. This central section terminates in a structure which originally provided access to the flat roof and to which the roof truss structure now connects. In the plinth of this central bay is a slightly arched double wooden basement door with separate side light installed. On the first storey a vertically divided wooden toilet window; on the second storey and in the structure a considerably round-arched wooden staircase window, with T-shaped main division, cross-shaped glazing bars in the window sashes and leaded glass. In the window bays to the right there are respectively two blind window recesses as well as a rectangular wooden T-window (first storey) and again a blind window recess (second storey). The latter recess was originally also provided with a window. In the two window bays to the left there are rectangular wooden windows with fanlight (first storey) and rectangular wooden T-windows (second storey). Across the full width of the rear facade an outdoor terrace with red facing brick border, of which the original railwork has been removed. The right SIDE FACADE (west side) is, apart from a rectangular wooden window on the second storey, blank. This window is placed between two projecting chimney flues, terminating in a tall chimney. Villa Mosa is bordered on the Wilhelminapark side by a plain brick boundary wall dating from 1951-1952, replacing the original wrought-iron railwork and the double set of brick gate piers with urns. The INTERIOR of villa Mosa has remained almost completely intact in terms of layout. This layout is characterized on both storeys by a central corridor, placed transversely on the left side facade, onto which all living spaces open and which provides access to the centrally placed staircase positioned against the rear facade. On the ground floor the former kitchen is used as a waiting room (south-east side). On the second storey the former bathroom space was joined to the rear room (south-west side) by removing a partition wall and relocating the access door of the newly created room. In the rear room on the south-east side, in deviation from the original design, a kitchen with toilet has been installed. In the loft space created after 1923, a loft bedroom was made by the placement of internal walls. In this interior the following elements are of importance, among others. The corridor on the ground floor has a white marble floor. All rooms on the ground floor, with the exception of the former kitchen, have stucco ornaments in the form of cove mouldings and ceiling ornaments or rosettes. In the room on the north-west side there is a fireplace surround. On the second storey the room on the north-west side is provided with a non-original brick fireplace surround. However, the original wall cupboards remain present in these spaces. In virtually the entire villa the panelled doors are covered. The former external facades of the staircase structure are still recognizable present on the loft floor.

Valuation

Villa Mosa is of general importance because of the following set of values. The villa is of cultural-historical value because of its particular connection with the settlement development of Venlo (dismantling of fortification works) and the subsequent urban planning of Wilhelminapark for the benefit of the wealthy bourgeoisie. The architectural-historical values of Villa Mosa are determined by the applied building style, the characteristic building materials and the ornamentation. Villa Mosa is an important specimen from the oeuvre of Venlo architect Henri Seelen. Villa Mosa is of importance for both the urban planning and visual integrity of Wilhelminapark and, precisely because of its situation in Wilhelminapark, possesses considerable ensemble value. The exterior and interior of Villa Mosa are in fair to high condition of integrity. The aforementioned values make Villa Mosa rare from a supraregional perspective.