Pakhuis, Oosthavenkade 53 A

English translation

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Description

Introduction

Situated on the Oosthavenkade, a nineteenth-century WAREHOUSE of origin, remodelled in 1904 and extended with one hoist bay and one storey in a utilitarian architectural style to the current warehouse 'Nederland'. The commission for this extension was given by the then owner, the firm IJzermans and Co, merchants in Vlaardingen.

Description

On a rectangular plan, realised in two phases, warehouse built in English bond with light red brick and yellow roll mouldings above the windows and hoist doors. The warehouse comprises four storeys and a low roof storey under a gabled roof covered with tiles. The rectangular windows and hoist doors are of wood and have a cross-shaped glazing pattern on the storeys. In the northern side elevation are wider lightly arched windows with an iron twelve-pane glazing bar pattern. The asymmetrical front facade has a spout gable and is articulated by mortared pilasters, on the corners of the building and on either side of the hoist axes. These are provided at the height of the floor levels with cast iron rosette wall anchors. The corner pilasters run through into the spout of the facade to reinforce the whitewashed, moulded drip moulding with corresponding shoulder pieces provided with pinnacles. In the ridge between two table stones there is a mortared brace with wrought iron weathervane. The remaining pilasters run through to the attic storey, where they end in a vertical mortared band. Alternating between these are the window axes. The ground floor is whitewashed and has below the hoist doors, between the pilasters, double wooden doors, accessible via natural stone steps of two treads each. Between these are two-part rectangular windows. The first, second and third storeys have identical articulation of hoist doors below the wooden hoist beams of the storey above and on either side cross windows. Between the storeys are whitewashed horizontal decorative bands. In the mortared band in the middle below the roof storey a natural stone facing stone with the name of the warehouse carved in relief in capitals: 'NEDERLAND'. The ridge of the facade has a rose window with iron glazing bars, likewise with light yellow roll moulding. On the shoulder pieces and the brace of the gabled end are flower-shaped wrought iron wall anchors. The free, accessible via a fire-break, northern elevation has in the middle at the height of the third and roof storey a lightly projecting facade section that under a small gabled roof as a roof dormer with gabled end projects above the gutter. In this facade section under a hoist beam on each storey a double wooden hoist door higher constructed hoist bay. On the first and second storeys are three wide arched warehouse windows. On the third storey likewise windows on either side of the projecting facade section. The elevation has at the height of the floor beams of the storeys simple beam anchors. The side elevation is crowned by a moulded wooden gutter on wooden brackets/clamps.

Valuation

Warehouse of general importance from an architectural and cultural-historical perspective, as well as of importance due to its image-defining value through prominent situation on the Oosthavenkade and ensemble value due to its relationship with the remaining warehouse development at the old harbour of Vlaardingen.