Nyhavn 5

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Nyhavn 5
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Nyhavn 5
General information
Location Copenhagen, Denmark
Country Denmark
Coordinates 55°40′50.63″N12°35′17.95″E / 55.6807306°N 12.5883194°E / 55.6807306; 12.5883194
Completed18th century

Nyhavn 5 is an 18th-century property overlooking the Nyhavn canal in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It was listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1945. Notable former residents include the actor Adam Gottlob Gielstrup, opera singer Peter Schram and businessman Cornelius Peter August Koch.

Architecture

Nyhavn 5 is constructed with four storeys over a walk-out basement. The five-bays wide facade is plastered and painted in a light blue colour. It is finished with a white-painted sill course below the first-floor windows, a through-going white sill course below the three central windows of the second floor and a white painted modillioned cornice. The main entrance is located in the bay furthest to the east. The pitched red tile roof features three dormer windows towards the street. A side wing with the building's secondary staircase extends from the rear side of the building along the east side of the asymmetrically shaped courtyard and is again attached to a three-storey rear wing. The rear wing and the upper floors of the front wing are towards the yard constructed with timber framing, whereas the side wing is constructed in brick. All three wings are towards the yard painted iron vitriol yellow. [1]

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References

  1. "Sag: Nyhavn 5". Kulturstyrelsen (in Danish). Retrieved 16 June 2022.