Façades of The Hague #86

Façades of The Hague 1 Minute

Richly decorated neo-renaissance façade, Balistraat.

It was designed by architect Johan Mutters (1858-1939) in the 1880s.

The big door originally gave access to a courtyard with stables and a coach house.

Today these have been redesigned into apartments along a small courtyard (not visible in these pictures).

The two round medallion-like embellishments over the door originally had protruding horse head decorations.

© Villa Next Door 2019

All pictures were taken in March 2017

Bertus Pieters

 

Façades of The Hague from #72 onwards: https://villanextdoor2.wordpress.com/category/facades-of-the-hague/

Façades of The Hague #1 – 71: https://villanextdoor.wordpress.com/category/facades-of-the-hague/

Published by Bertus Pieters

Bertus Pieters once made art, looks at art, writes about art, talks about art and about other important things; was born in 1958 in Amsterdam; lives in The Hague; graduated from the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague in 1982; has had a career in the refugee branch in between; studied Art History / Art & Culture at Leiden University (bachelor 2014; master 2018); contact: bertus.pieters.villa@gmail.com; facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bertuspieters Albertus Pieters (Villa La Repubblica). Have fun!

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