Rosendael

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MAIN BUILDING CASTLE ROSENDAEL 18th-century classicist MAIN BUILDING with medieval remains; on the south-west side of the house and on the north side an 18th-century side wing with a 19th-century veranda, coach house and stable. House on an apparently square ground plan, consisting of basement, ground floor, first floor, low second floor and attic. Built in red brick, in which different building phases are clearly visible. Above the toothed cornice a surrounding gabled roof covered with blue-grey slate on which five rectangular brick chimneys. The front facade has a representative, classicist appearance through the triangular pediment on the cornice and the neoclassical (Louis XIV) framing of the centrally located door and the window on the first floor. The front and southern side facade show a regular bay division of five windows flanked by, with the exception of the basement level, shutters. The windows are relieved by 17th-century basket-arch relieving arches, those on the second floor being partially covered by the 18th-century cornice. Both wings differ in that the basement windows on the front side are provided with grille work and in the side wing with sash windows with wooden glazing bars (5x3+2). On the ground floor and first floor of both wings sash windows (2x3+1), on the lower second floor cross windows and in the roof dormers casement windows (2x2). The rear and northern side wing have a different layout. Of the northern side wing only the five windows of the lower second floor are visible due to the lower built-on part. The rear wing of the house shows a completely different structure. Here it can be seen that the house does not form a cubic building block, but on this side has an L-shape, because the 17th-century connecting part between house and donjon is not included in the building block. The connecting part is three bays wide, of which the windows of all building layers in the middle are wider than the outer windows due to the service staircase located behind. The rear wing of the house shows an irregular bay division, such as a door at the far left in the basement and the window that connects the windows on the left side on the ground floor and first floor. On the cornice a roof dormer with curved pediment, gargoyle brackets and hoist beam. On the ground floor there is in the middle the hardstone staircase dating from 1840 with eight steps, which on the landing is flanked by lions carved from natural stone, lying on rectangular bases. On either side of the bottom step two lantern posts on natural stone bases. The double wooden door, decorated with inlaid motifs and grille work and provided with a fanlight, is framed by two white-painted pilasters and a cornice. Upon this rest two volutes which together with the curved pediment form the decorative Louis XIV framing of the middle window of the first floor. The toothed triangular pediment has a round window with floral motif. On the south-east corner of the front facade a stone tablet from 1616 has been mortared in with the text Tandem e spinis rosa (at last a rose grows from the thorns). This stone was originally placed by Dirck van Dorth above the entrance of the two-aisled house.

DONJON which expresses the medieval origins of Rosendael and rises frontally with the light cupola above the roof of the house and is visible on the east side as a round projection of the house. The donjon, built after a fire in 1412 on the old 14th-century ground plan, has a height of nineteen metres, a diameter of sixteen metres and walls of 2.60 to four metres thick. In 1988 the tower was completely restored. In the outer wall of the tower built of light red brick the traces of different building phases are marked. The windows are irregularly distributed over the wall surface. The basement contains two small windows with grille work, the ground floor three sash windows with glazing bars (3x4+3) and the ground floor sash windows (3x4+3) with green shutters. The sloping roof, covered with blue-grey slate, is finished with a painted balustrade in which the light cupola is placed. This consists of an octagonal structure with multi-paned windows and a cupola covered with blue-grey slate with weathervane. On the north side there is a hexagonal brick chimney and a small roof dormer. Halfway up the tower, on the north-west side, the beginning of the medieval fortification wall is visible in which the "privy" is now located.

EXTENSION on the north side of the house. The side wing from around 1760 forms the lower connecting part between house and coach house and consists of a cellar and ground floor. The plastered facade with three windows with casement windows (2x3+1) is finished with a toothed white moulding and a gabled roof running south-north covered with blue-grey slate that continues above the coach house and stable. The cast-iron veranda was added in 1860-1861 by L.H. Eberson and restored in 1987. The sloping glazed wooden canopy of this veranda is supported by seven cast-iron columns which are connected by ornamental cast-iron work along the bottom edge of the canopy. The balustrade is interrupted by a staircase of six steps. Below the veranda four basement lights are visible and at the far left a door with grille work. The coach house and stable which connect to the north side of the side wing project forward in relation to the house and the connecting part. This addition dates from 1841-1842 and consists of a ground floor and first floor. It is built in red brick and is finished with the toothed moulding and sloping roof with blue slate. The facade is three bays wide with on the ground floor windows with casement windows (2x3+1) with relieving arches and centrally a wide entrance with monumental framing and stable doors with rhombus motif. The first floor has three cross windows. On the roof stands a neo-Gothic bellcote on rectangular basis, decorated with Corinthian pilasters and ornamental woodcarving and crowned by a slate-covered spire. This bell tower contains a bell-gable bell from 1725. The rear facade of the extension located in the first pond is seven bays wide. On the ground floor small windows with sash windows (5x3+2) have been fitted and on the first floor larger windows also provided with sash windows (2x3+1) with shutters. The middle window of the first floor is provided with a low cast-iron balcony, supported by wooden supports. In the masonry of the facade traces of old building phases are visible, including a number of blocked-up windows. Between the window openings there are wall anchors.

In the INTERIOR of the house the following are noteworthy among others:

- the oak wainscoting from the 18th century (partly modified in the 19th century) of the first salon and the dining room;

- the 18th-century double doors between the second salon and dining room;

- the ceiling of the sitting room and the Keppels room on the first floor, remaining from the structure of the two-aisled house from 1616

- two fireplace surrounds, several doors and two box beds from the 18th century on the second floor;

- fireplace surround, hardstone sink, stone sinks, kitchen cupboard with glazed doors and the tilework from the 18th century in the kitchen in the basement.

In the INTERIOR of the donjon the following are noteworthy among others:

- marble corner fountain with cascade in the tower hall from around 1730 by sculptor Ignatius van Logteren;

- wooden corner buffet with painted marble imitation in the tower hall from around 1730;

- ornamental tiles from around 1700 on the walls of the mural staircase between the first floor of the house and the library of the donjon.

In the INTERIOR of the extension the following are noteworthy among others:

- ten horse boxes, dating from 1842

Valuation

Castle ROSENDAEL, part of the historic country estate Rosendael, is of general cultural-historical importance:

- due to its age;

- due to its architectural design;

- due to the integrity of its exterior;

- due to the well-preserved internal ground plan and layout of the interior spaces;

- due to some well-preserved fixed components of the interior;

- due to its characteristic location in the special landscape park design.