Dienstwoning(K4), Paauwlaan 8

English translation

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Description

Introduction.

The (AUTO)GARAGE with HORSE STABLES, CARRIAGE HOUSE YARD and UPPER DWELLING (3) for staff belonging to the country estate was built on behalf of Mr. D.T. Ruys in the period 1914-1916 according to designs by architect L.J. Zaaijer. In style it is consistent with the Neo-Historicist style of the main building, which is inspired by Dutch Classicism and the English Country House style. The building is located in the north corner of the estate at the turning circle plaza, north of the country house. On the northwest and northeast sides the property borders on ditches, which form the boundary of the grounds.

The storey windows of the upper dwelling were originally fitted with shutters. The chimneys, like the other complex components, had iron wind caps. The design drawings show a turntable for the garage boxes. Similar to the horse stable, a glass canopy hung in front of the garage.

Description.

Detached service building with composite floor plan, consisting of multiple building sections. The northern, single-storey section - the garage - has a six-sided closed ground plan under a flat roof with obliquely placed roof lights at the location of the auto boxes. Against the left side facade (southwest) is a two-storey building mass of the carriage house yard with upper dwelling placed under a hipped roof with chimneys at the roof ridge corners, the wind caps of which are missing. Against the northern roof slope is a composite catslide roof placed with a sloping and a flat roof slope. Against the left (southwestern) long side wall stands a single-storey horse stable under a hipped roof-shaped roof with four catslide roofs on the southwestern side at the location of the lying boxes. On the ridge stand two ventilation caps under tent roofs. The remaining roofs are covered by swept improved Dutch tiles with ridge cresting. The upper dwelling has in the southwestern roof slope a rectangular roof dormer with three-part window arrangement. On the front and rear sides (southeast; northwest) a roof dormer has been installed in the form of a serliana.

The facades are built up in dark red brickwork (Flemish bond) with above the ashlar window a natural stone chamfered ornamental band. Natural stone is also used for the drip mouldings and cover plates of among others pinnacles and balustrades. Most windows and doors are covered by a (sometimes slightly arched) lintel; some door sections are under a segmental or round arch. The facades are finished with a cornice and gutter moulding. The single and composite window arrangements are of different types with glazing bars, mostly with casement windows, partly also with fanlights. The doors are predominantly fastened doors with steeked clamps.

Of the front facade facing the plaza (southeast), the garage section consists of a cornice-topped facade, the middle section of which is slightly raised and provided with a balustrade executed with openwork placed between corner pinnacles, each element covered with natural stone cover plates. The left cornice-topped facade section consists of a door with fanlight, flanked by a window of different size. The right cornice-topped facade section has a panelled door with two-pane fanlight with two windows of equal size on the left. The open middle section is covered by a white painted lintel. The right (northeastern) side facade has, like the chamfered sections on the northwest side, two windows per facade section.

The two-storey building mass of the carriage house yard with upper dwelling has cornice-topped facades. The symmetrically arranged front facade at the plaza side (southeast) has in the middle under a segmental four-pane fanlight two pairs of double sliding doors with fanlights. On either side are narrow windows. On the storey above, three windows are symmetrically distributed across the facade. On the right in the facade there is in front of a mortared stoep a shallow entrance portico under a wooden canopy suspended from iron rods. Above this a round-arched three-pane fanlight has been installed. The entrance door has cut glass panes. Above the entrance portico is a balcony with a balustrade enlivened with openwork and corner pinnacles. In the extension of the balcony, the right side facade has a built-out section of the stairwell with mortared chimney, which projects through the gutter moulding. To the right of the chimney, the stairwell windows have coloured leaded glass. The rear facade (northwest) contains on the ground floor two pairs of identical windows and on the storey above two pairs of single and one double window. The left side facade (southwest), against which the horse stables are built on the ground floor, has in the middle on the storey above a double window.

At the horse stables, the symmetrically arranged front facade is oriented towards the southwest (garden side). Under a cornice-topped facade are four two-part fastened doors flanked by narrow side lights. In line above, the rhythm of these doors is repeated by four pointed gables with oval four-pane oculi in the apex. Both side facades have a round-arched roof dormer with shutter, which cuts through the gutter moulding. Against the side facade at plaza side (southeast) is a small extension under flat roof placed (cable house), provided with door with four-pane fanlight. In front of the horse stables a glass canopy resting on cast iron columns.

On the southeast side in front of the property is a broad, clinker-paved stoep with yellow brick ornamental bands, which on the south side connects to the section of the horse stables. Under the canopy the floor is executed with geometric brickwork.

Interior.

The complex of service buildings consisting of an (auto)garage, horse stables, carriage house yard with upper dwelling are, with regard to floor plan layout and detailing, largely in original condition. The garage has an open middle section, which leads to four obliquely placed garage boxes (of which the rightmost was originally provided with a 'work pit'). The decoratively executed panelling in red, black and yellow is partly executed in brickwork, partly with glazed tiles. The spaces on either side of the entrance were intended for the workshop, cold water supply, central heating and coal storage. The upper dwelling has the original room-suite layout with connecting room, sliding and panelled doors with profiled surrounds and marble mantelpieces. In the kitchen a buffet cabinet and mantelpiece. The stucco ceiling has restrained Art Nouveau detailing. At the horse stables, the horse boxes have wooden panelling with above it a green glazed tile wall and water and feed troughs. The carriage house yard has harness cabinets, panelling and an open stair with iron railings to the attic.

Assessment.

The service dwelling with garage, carriage house and horse stable dating from 1914-1916 is of general interest because of its cultural-historical value as a functional component forming part of a monumental country estate.

The property is of general interest because of its architectural-historical value as a characteristic example of an outbuilding of a country estate in Neo-Historicist style from the beginning of the 20th century, which is consistent with that of the associated country house.

The property is virtually intact in main form, use of materials and detailing, both exterior and interior.

The property has high ensemble value because of the great spatial and stylistic coherence with the other complex components and is visually dominant situated at a plaza behind the country house.