Woonhuis, Albert Reijndersstraat B 21

English translation

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Description

Description component 1: DOCTOR'S RESIDENCE.

The doctor's residence comprises two storeys and an attic, is constructed in reddish-brown brick and has an L-shaped floor plan, with the addition of a lower practice wing of one storey on the north-east side. The gabled roofs of the doctor's residence are covered with black Romanesque tiles with high ridges. The lower practice wing is covered with black Frisian corrugated tiles and originally contained various rooms intended for the medical practice including the patient entrance; at the corner, on the side of the drive, a former gas lamp, now partly modernised, is mounted. The facades of the doctor's residence with practice are laid in flemish bond, in very thin lime mortar joints; pilasters are applied to the corners which extend beneath the roof eaves to the ridge; the upper edges of the windows are executed in profiled, imaginative brickwork; between both storeys runs a brick herringbone frieze with the sections visible from the public road being more elaborately detailed than the remainder, all in accordance with the principle "merchant's front towards the street". The facades are executed with a brick plinth of knee height (absent in the lower practice wing); window sets with natural stone sill and timber windows with substantial sill; brick shaft profile along arched windows, the majority still with T-division, the fanlights with leaded glass (horizontal glass panes, clear with golden-yellow border); hardwood entrance door with fanlight furnished with leaded glass (horizontal glass panes, clear with golden-yellow border); some windows are still equipped with shutters; two arched blind niches (first floor); balcony with two pairs of double doors (front elevation, first floor); round windows with geometric coloured floral motif and surrounded by profiled ornamental brickwork (gable ends). Internally the doctor's residence has largely retained its original layout. The rooms and corridors are distinguished by considerable height, which in combination with the original panelled doors and matching door frames, creates a certain grandeur. The interior contains amongst others a cellar accessible via a brick staircase with flanking old tiled walls and is equipped with floor tiles and a storage room; on the ground floor various features characteristic of the period of construction including corridors with natural stone plint, two terrazzo floors and a colourful leaded glass window depicting Asclepius with the text "Heilen und Helfen" which directly refers to the original function of the building; tiled toilet; waiting room with timber bench in U-shape; original hardware on windows and doors; spruce, squared roof truss structure with wrought iron pegged dovetail joints and with collar ties in the lower section. Against the rear facade (the north-east corner) of the doctor's residence with practice stands the former carriage house: a brick extension on rectangular floor plan beneath a hipped roof covered with cement tiles. The facades are divided with amongst others two six-pane windows, cast iron stable windows with glazing bars, double opening doors, door with fanlight and blind niches. Internally concrete floor, simple beam layer (squared). The former carriage house has a modern layout.

Valuation

The DOCTOR'S RESIDENCE with practice, dating from 1888, designed by K.H. Holthuis with a former carriage house erected against the rear facade, is of general interest on the basis of:

- its age;

- its typological rarity, in particular as a specimen of a doctor's residence with practice;

- the integrity of both the exterior and interior, in both the main volume, the material form and in the careful detailing;

- the architecturally impressive appearance, very imposing for the Veenkoloniën;

- the striking, set-back location with respect to the Pekeler Hoofddiep, an important historical infrastructure element, which greatly contributes to the experience of the past.