Werk-woonhuis, Bakkerstraat 67 A

English translation

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Description

Introduction

House (no. 68) with rendered cornice-topped facade (XIXA) and intact windows and frames. Younger shop front with panel doors (XIXd). Facade fronts an originally older building (XVIII). Back house with brick facade with early 19th-century detailing. Furthermore, a house (67a) situated on a characteristic courtyard with externally late 18th/early 19th-century appearance, but older core, of which the cellar, rear facade and parts of the roof truss structure are preserved (XVII-XVIII). The rear facade possibly late medieval. In this section important 18th-century interior elements, such as amongst others a room with stucco ceiling and chimney in Lod.XV.

The building Bakkerstraat 67a-68 consists of two building components, of which the origin history and development are not easily readable from the buildings. The no. 68 situated on the Bakkerstraat does not appear to be older than the late 18th century in its entirety. This building acquired in the early 19th century a new front facade with cornice and in the late 19th century a simple wooden shop front. On the loft storey it can be seen that the building was then constructed against the heavy side facade of a substantial medieval house (the now demolished no. 69). Of this old house thus remains the side facade, which closes at the top with a heavy drip moulding.

Probably using an old facade (south side), a house was built in the 18th century behind the building Bakkerstraat 66, which in the early 19th century was somewhat modernized as to the exterior. From the 18th century date the brickwork, most of the frames, the roof truss structure and various fine interior elements (frames, doors, in the back room an important stucco ceiling and a chimney in Lod.XV style). The age of the cellar is not entirely clear, but is probably 18th-century.

Of this building component old sale deeds from the 17th century (1626, 1665) remained preserved. There are indications of a division following sale in the middle of the second half of the 18th century (c. 1772), which may have resulted in a major renovation.

Description

Bakkerstraat 67a-68 consists of two separate building components: a house on the Bakkerstraat (68) and a house (67a) situated to the south of the courtyard located behind it.

Bakkerstraat 68 has a rectangular floor plan and consists of a three-storey front house with gabled roof with the ridge direction parallel to the front facade and a two-storey back house with a hipped roof with the ridge direction perpendicular to the front house. The roofs are covered with modern improved Dutch tiles. The front house has a three-bay wide rendered cornice-topped facade on the street side, closing at the top with a profiled architrave, a smooth wooden frieze and a profiled wooden cornice. The first storey has a historic symmetrical shop front with profiled wooden frame posts and furthest right a pilaster, and furthermore a closing main cornice. In the middle a broad multi-pane display window, flanked on the left by a shop door with panel below and a single-pane fanlight, and on the right a panel door with cast-iron grille and a fanlight to the upper dwelling. In the second and third storeys windows with wooden drip mouldings, heavy frames and 6-pane sash windows (second storey) or 4-pane pivot windows (third storey). The rear facade is laid in brick and has in the first storey on the left an entrance with double panel door and a 15-pane fanlight. On the right two windows with 8-pane sash windows. In the second storey above windows with 6-pane sash windows and furthest left a semi-circular window with 3-pane frame. Above the entrance is located a remarkable protruding facade section with flat roof and a small window.

The back house situated on the courtyard has a rectangular floor plan, two storeys and a gabled roof with the ridge direction parallel to the front facade. The roof is covered with red hogsback tiles. Against the western gable end is a small rectangular extension, against which below is a non-monumental glazed extension. Facades largely laid in 18th-century hand-moulded brick in cross bond. The rear facade (south side) is partly laid in older brick (formats 23-24 x 5.5-6.5 cm = 38 cm.). The broad facade facing the courtyard is seven bays wide and contains windows with stone sills, hardstone drip mouldings, frames with bead profile and early 19th-century 8-pane sash windows (first storey) and pivot windows in the second storey, the latter provided with fine cast-iron ironwork on the inside. The first storey furthermore contains at the far left an entrance with hardstone threshold of basalt lava, frame with low-set calf, a 9-pane door and a fanlight with diamond-shaped glazing bars. In the third bay from the left a frame with 8-pane sash window (right) and 3-pane panel door with small fanlight (left). This entrance was added later. The third bay from the right contains the main entrance with heavy frame with hardstone threshold, low-set calf, double empire-panel door and a 2-pane fanlight. Below the two windows on the right large cellar lights. In the western gable end are in first and second storeys windows of the same type as in the front facade. At the top of the facade, which closes with brick latticing and natural stone copings on the shoulders, is a window with 4-pane pivot window. Right against this facade a rectangular extension of two storeys with flat roof. In it some simple small windows with rolling shutters at the top. In the facades various large rod anchors.

In the interior of no. 67a are amongst others of importance: large rendered barrel-vaulted cellar with barrel vault with the ridge parallel to the front facade on the courtyard. In this facade two cellar lights arched by means of basket-weave arches. Brick floor and brick staircase with rendered treads and wooden strings.

In first storey: back room with 18th-century chimney with wooden veined chimney-piece with shoulder-arch motifs and a wooden panel with corner pilasters, which at the underside end in richly carved scrolling ornaments (Lod.XV style); profiled cornice, adjoining below an intact stucco ceiling with corner ornaments and central rosette in rococo style; central rosette contains four little angels incorporated in rocaille ornaments; furthermore profiled frames, panel door with shoulder-arch panel and on the corridor side like other doors waxed and provided with black line decorations; marble floor; original staircase with round newel post; in the kitchen stucco ceiling with central rosette.

Probably 18th-century roof truss structure, consisting of six roof truss members with curved posts, straight, pegged corbels and partly renewed struts. The components are numbered on the north side with chiselled ovals, on the south side with chiselled stripes (running from I to IIIII, numbering on sixth truss not clearly visible).

In the no. 68 situated on the Bakkerstraat is amongst others interior shutters at various windows.

Valuation

The house with striking 19th-century appearance, cornice-topped facade with historic shop front and on the courtyard situated second house with intact 18th/19th-century appearance and valuable interior with many 18th-century elements has an interesting building history, which is partly readable. The house is of general importance due to architectural and cultural-historical value. Furthermore of urban planning importance due to its location in the characteristic western facade wall, which despite modern interventions still possesses many valuable components. The building Bakkerstraat 67a has a very special location on the internal site between Bakkerstraat and Weverstraat and is thereby of importance for keeping visible a specific feature in the settlement structure (building line, plot division) of the (medieval) urban core of Arnhem.