Villa Waterloo
Features
| Address | 4 Prins Hendrikstraat |
|---|---|
| Zip Code/City | 4761 AH Zevenbergen |
| Known by cadastral number | – |
| Current Position | Villa |
| Original function | Villa |
| Year of Manufacture | 1870 |
| MIP code | BK130-000880 |
Explanatory description
History
Villa Waterloo is the former director’s residence of the Azelma sugar factory, the first sugar factory in the Netherlands. From 1905 onward, the building served as a girls’ boarding school, and from 1925 to 1978, it served as the town hall of the former municipality of Zevenbergen.
Location
The villa occupies a unique urban location at a central intersection in Zevenbergen, along the old road to Hazeldonk, and in conjunction with the adjacent former coach house.
Architectural and art-historical features:
Exterior
The Waterloo Executive Villa was built in an eclectic style (1870). This means it combines various neo-styles, including Neo-Romanesque and Neo-Renaissance. The building is constructed of brick, plastered, and features a mansard roof with slate shingles and a ridge crest, several dormer windows with pediments, and a weather vane. The facades feature plastered moldings, string courses, and a cornice. The front facade features an entrance flanked by pilasters, surmounted on the first floor by a framed window with pilasters, a pediment, and a balcony. Framed T-shaped windows, some arched, some under round arches. Entrance on the front facade and left side facade with a framed double door, surmounted by a semicircular window, a landing staircase, and balustrades. The side and rear facades are in the same style as the front facade: various murals within frames. The rear facade features a central projection and a modern (later added, non-historic) fire escape. Surrounded by a small park, the former garden with some older trees.
Public Interest
The property is of public interest. It has cultural-historical value as a reminder of the first sugar factory in the Netherlands. It occupies a unique urban location and possesses complex value in combination with the former coach house. It has
architectural-historical value as an eclectic-style villa.
Protection
The protection applies to the property located at Prins Hendrikstraat 4 in Zevenbergen. The key aspects of the elements worthy of preservation as historic monuments—which are related to the historic values of the entire property—are included in the explanatory description. For the property at Prins Hendrikstraat 4 in Zevenbergen, this concerns relevant parts of the exterior and (portions of) elevations visible from public spaces—in this case, the front elevation (southwest side), both side elevations (northwest and southeast sides) and the rear elevation (northeast side), as well as the elements mentioned in the explanatory description.
Future changes or adjustments will be evaluated against these criteria.
| Evaluation Criteria | Subcriteria | Parameter Descriptions | Score | Weighting | Points | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silhouette effect | Silhouette Value | The object’s unique, defining significance to the character of its surroundings, neighborhood, city/town, or region | 1 | 2.0 | 2.0 | A defining feature, though the silhouette is only partially visible. |
| Subtotal | 0–6 | 2.0 | ||||
| Location | Ensemble Value | special significance of the property due to the high quality of the buildings in relation to the historical and spatial context | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Located on the former main road to Hazeldonk. |
| the significance of the object as an essential (cultural-historical, functional, and/or architectural-historical and visual) component of a complex | 3 | 0.5 | 1.5 | Together with the former coach house, it forms a complex. | ||
| situational value | Distinctive location | 3 | 0.5 | 1.5 | Detached, located at a central intersection. | |
| special significance of the property due to its layout, design, or amenities | 3 | 0.5 | 1.5 | Located on the former main road to Hazeldonk and in line with the historic land-division pattern. | ||
| Subtotal | 0–6 | 5.0 | ||||
| Form | representativeness | the property’s special significance to the history of architecture and/or construction technology and/or the body of work of a master builder, architect, engineer, or artist | 2 | 1.0 | 2.0 | Executive villa in an eclectic style. |
| aesthetic value | significance of the property due to the design's high aesthetic qualities | 2 | 1.0 | 2.0 | Villa Waterloo was built in an eclectic style. It is constructed of brick with plastered moldings and string courses. The villa features a central risalit, T-shaped windows—some arched, some under round arches—and entranceways with landings and balustrades. The roof is a mansard roof covered with slate. | |
| Use of Materials and Ornamentation | significance of the object due to its unique use of materials, ornamentation, and/or monumental art | 3 | 1.0 | 3.0 | Various decorative elements have been incorporated into the building, such as plastered moldings and cordons, a central risalit, T-shaped windows—some arched, some under round arches—entrances with platform stairs and balustrades, a cornice, and pediments. | |
| integrity/recognizability | significance of the property due to its material, technical, structural, and/or architectural integrity and/or recognizability | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | Villa Waterloo is in pretty good shape and easily recognizable. | |
| rarity | significance of the building/complex due to its exceptional rarity from an architectural-historical, structural, typological, or functional perspective | 2 | 1.0 | 2.0 | A rare 19th-century villa in Moerdijk. | |
| Subtotal | 0–15 | 10.0 | ||||
| Cultural History | cultural and historical value | the significance of the property as a unique expression of cultural, socioeconomic, administrative/policy-related, spiritual, geographic, landscape, historical-spatial, technical, and/or typological development(s) | 3 | 2.0 | 6.0 | As a specific manifestation of socioeconomic development. |
| innovativeness | significance of the property due to its innovative value or pioneering nature | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | No innovative value. | |
| sentimental value | significance of the property due to its special sentimental value | 2 | 2.0 | 4.0 | A tribute to the former municipality of Zevenbergen and the Netherlands’ first sugar factory. | |
| Subtotal | 0–15 | 10.0 | ||||
| Position | authenticity | the significance of the property as a still clearly recognizable expression of its original or an important historical function | 3 | 2.0 | 6.0 | Clearly recognizable as a villa |
| Subtotal | 0–6 | 6.0 | ||||
| Total | 0–48 | 33.0 | ||||