Landhuis, Diependaalsedijk 17

English translation

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Description

Description component 1: MAIN BUILDING.

In 1721 the present MAIN BUILDING is constructed to replace a 17th-century predecessor. The main house is situated on an approximately square floor plan with a small extension at the rear. The building is constructed in brick (cross-bond) above a string course under a hipped roof covered with dampened Old Dutch tiles, with three dormers on each side furnished with cheek pieces. On the flattened roof a chimney with chimney hood is placed on each of the four corners. All facades contain five window bays; on the front the building has two storeys, on the rear and in the left side facade, due to the placement of a basement, three storeys. The windows consist of glazed panes divided by glazing bars (with vertically divided upper and lower panes), which rest on natural stone sills, placed under a matching lintel under a recessed arch. On the ground floor sash windows occur with glazing 4x(3+4); on the upper storey casement windows 4x(2+4) are placed. All windows with the exception of the basement on the rear facade where clamped shutters occur, are equipped with venetian blinds. The facades are terminated by a continuous moulded cornice.

The front facade is arranged symmetrically. The central axis is emphasised by the slightly projecting gable section containing the entrance door set in a richly ornamented sandstone frame, placed under a casement window on the upper storey. On either side of the door is a semi-circular enclosed light slot. Of the three dormers, the central one which aligns with the central axis is equipped with three window openings instead of the two windows that are standard elsewhere and is terminated by a pediment containing a clock face. On the left and right sides of the facade are two window bays. The front door is accessible via a natural stone steps with a landing. The front door, decorated with rocaille ornaments, is set in a frame with pilasters and an entablature above which is a rose window, also framed by a temple motif with a pediment containing a date stone reading 'ANNO 1721'.

The left side facade contains four window bays with three storeys due to the presence of a basement. The outermost right-placed window bay has two storeys. The two right-hand bays are distinguished by their different spacing relative to the others. The window type of the basement consists of an upper window as a casement window under a recessed arch. The windows on the principal floor contain a sash window with 4x(2+2) glazing. The panes in the third storey and the single window on the ground floor in the right window bay are of the standard type applicable to each storey.

The rear facade contains three storeys with in the basement, which is lower than in the left side facade, four arched windows (5x3-pane division) and a clamped entrance door furnished with 4x3-pane glazing. On the principal floor sash windows occur with 4x(2+3) pane division, with the exception of the second window bay from the left where there is a blind window due to the presence of a staircase in the interior. In the third storey casement windows of the standard type occur. Against the left gable section is a later-constructed, single-storey flat-roofed boiler room, placed at right angles to the facade via an intermediate section, with a ledged door. From the central dormer extends an iron fire escape down to just above ground level. The right side facade is a mirror image of the left side facade.

The interior has been largely well preserved in layout and detailing. The hall, extending through to the rear facade, separates the rooms in the three-aisle arrangement of the ground floor of the house. The corner formed by the left side facade and the rear facade, which here disrupts the symmetrically arranged layout, is occupied by a kitchen and a section converted into toilets and washrooms. The hall is characterised by oak-wood panelling and doors under an entablature, marble tile floor and a simple beam layer with moerbalks furnished with keystone pieces. A valuable component is also the water fountain executed in rococo style. Almost every room contains a fireplace with or without overmantel painting. The two rooms in the right side facade are furnished with (later inserted) ceiling paintings by Jacob de Wit ('green room') and Abel Wassenbergh ('white room') in a mirror frame. Particularly notable is also in the 'green room' the wooden cornice painted with acanthus leaf and tiled fireplace. The ground floor rooms are equipped with sliding shutters incorporated into the walls. In the spacious kitchen, which contains a former bed alcove, the old tiles have been preserved in place of the vanished fireplace. On the upper storey, among other things, is a suite of rooms containing a tiled fireplace and in the hall two corner cupboards. The attic is compartmentalised. In the centre of the attic two roof windows open onto a small flat roof enclosed by four roof boards, situated in the middle of the roof which from the outside appears as a perfectly flattened hipped roof.

Valuation

The MAIN BUILDING (Doornburgh) is of general importance:

- on account of its age;

- as a well and carefully preserved example of a carefully designed 18th-century main house on a historic country estate;

- on account of the valuable (rococo) interior components, some of which in the 19th century were inserted as reused components in the house such as ceiling paintings and the entrance section;

- on account of the development and occupation history;

- on account of the ensemble value as the principal component in relation to the other components on the country estate.