Woonhuis, Koornmarkt 37

English translation

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Description

Introduction

In 1902 built DWELLING HOUSE of the type townhouse. Built in a style related to Art Nouveau and Bergian style, the house consists of a lower and an upper residential unit, in which various interior components, particularly in the upper residential unit, possess typical nineteenth-century stylistic characteristics. It is therefore possible that the facade is the result of a renovation of a nineteenth-century building with a probably even older core. The decorations and details in the lower residential unit are largely shaped in the style of early twentieth-century Art Nouveau. Details and decorations in the upper residential units are primarily nineteenth century.

With its front facade facing the canal, the building forms part of a closed facade wall in the protected townscape of Delft.

Description

From a rectangular floor plan, a residential house built in brick with two storeys under a mansard roof and a transverse gabled roof, both covered with Dutch tiles. The house has a fairly sober, asymmetrical front facade with a plastered plinth and natural stone accents in the upper corners of the rectangular facade openings and a higher right section with spout gable, which contains the entrance area. The shop front contains two identical windows and two identical doors to their right. The windows are provided with sash windows with colourful leaded glass in the three-part upper frames. These stand under segmental arched relieving arches with French lilies on the tiles in the arch drums, which are also found above the doors. The doors are panel doors with a glass door behind decorative glazing bars with typical Art Nouveau design. The doors stand under a moulded calf and a fanlight composed of three arched windows. The two left windows of both the first and second storeys are also provided with sash windows with leaded glass in the fanlights, but stand under lintels. The lights above the entrance area are a three-part window, composed of a wider central window and a narrow window on either side, standing under a common lintel. The upper frames are provided with leaded glass. The window arrangement on the second storey is likewise three-part with leaded glass in the upper frames, but here the narrow lights standing under lintels are less high than the central window, which stands under a lintel. The horizontal facade termination of the left facade section is a moulded cornice, which rests on fluted consoles. The spout gable of the higher right facade section has a shorter right roof shield and therefore a higher standing right shoulder, as well as a top with a five-light window standing under a lintel. The spout is laid out in masonry and is crowned by a sandstone obelisk. The little monumental rear facade has been much altered and has a wide wooden bay window on the first storey.

The interior of the lower residential unit (no. 37) has remained in the original state to a large extent, although the enfilade rooms with intermediate alcove are nowadays divided in two by partition walls. The inside of the front door is of wood. The entrance portal contains a marble floor, paintings with floral Art Nouveau motifs on walls and on the stucco ceiling, which is also provided with Neo-Renaissance stucco decorations. The two wooden portal doors stand in likewise wooden, moulded frames and contain arched windows with etched floral motifs, above which three-part windows with leaded glass. The fanlights are likewise filled with etched windows. The right portal wall is vaulted and the right door leads to a cloakroom cupboard. The left portal door is in line with the corridor. The corridor, with marble floor and original panel doors left and right, has wall paintings with stylised floral motifs in the characteristic Art Nouveau whiplash style. The ceiling is likewise decorated with painted decorations and moulded stucco cornices. The toilet is provided with the original wall tiling and a small floor covered with marble. The door at the end of the corridor leads to a small garden and is provided with colourful leaded glass in both the door window and in the three-part fanlight. The various door posts stand on marble plinths. The front room contains a stucco ceiling with polychrome stucco reliefs and moulded cornices, panel blinds in the window frames, window sills and leaded glass in the upper frames. The central stucco relief is composed of Renaissance motifs. The stucco decorations in the back room are comparable and still have the original polychrome paintings. The renewed garden doors stand under fanlights with the original leaded glass.

The upper residential unit (no. 39) has a small entrance portal. The stairs are open-riser stairs with quarter-landing, newel posts and moulded handrails. The handrails on the banisters lie on turned wooden spindles with twist. The others lie above wainscoting. The rooms on the first storey are situated behind the original panel doors. The original enfilade room is divided into a front and a back room by means of a partition wall. The back room contains, originating from the studio Gerbrand Glas, stained leaded glass in the upper frames of the glass partition between the room and the bay window. The decorated stucco ceiling is comparable to those on the ground floor, but is not painted. The small front room has stucco decorations including lion's heads. The corridor on the second storey is provided with small arches. There are likewise stucco decorations in both front rooms, one of which also still contains a fireplace with a marble chimney-piece. The toilet is tiled with white tiles. The kitchen has a ceiling with a moulded stucco cornice and a window with leaded glass. The roof rafters are simple Dutch roof truss structures common for mansard roofs.

Valuation

The residential house is of general importance due to its cultural-historical, architectural-historical and urban-planning value.

The house has cultural-historical value as a fine example of residential house architecture with a representative character for the affluent bourgeoisie. The house has architectural-historical value as a remarkable example of a predominantly early twentieth-century building style and due to its detailing.

The house has ensemble value and urban-planning value as a remarkable, visually defining component of a closed facade wall on a canal in the protected townscape of Delft. The house is furthermore of importance due to the great degree of recognisability and intactness of the exterior and important parts of the interior.