Scavenius' Stiftelse is a

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building situated on the west side of the town square in

Sorø Sorø () is a town in Sorø municipality in Region Sjælland on the island of Zealand (''Sjælland'') in east Denmark. The population is 7,999 (2022).

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History

The house is already known from 1682, when it was owned by

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Mads Christensen. It is probably only slightly older. From 1829 to 31 it was owned by titular Privy councilor Jacob Mandix, and after his death in 1831 by his daughter, Lucie Mandix, the wife of

Bernhard Severin Ingemann Bernhard Severin Ingemann (28 May 1789 – 24 February 1862) was a Danish novelist and poet. Biography Ingemann was born in Torkilstrup, on the island of Falster, Denmark. The son of a vicar, he was left fatherless in his youth. While a stu ...

and one of Denmark's first female painters. Hector Frederik Janson Estrup, who had been appointed to director of

Sorø Academy Sorø Academy ( Danish, ''Sorø Akademi'') is a boarding school and gymnasium located in the small town of Sorø, Denmark. It traces its history back to the 12th century when Bishop Absalon founded a monastery at the site, which was confiscated ...

in 1831, acquired the building in 1833. He converted it into two residences available on grant for widows after teachers at the school. Estrup was married to a member of the Scavenius family and after her death to her sister. Estrup lived at Urnes gård, at 9 Søgade, another listed property in Sorø. He was the father of

Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup, (16 April 1825 – 24 December 1913), was a Danish politician, member of the Højre party. He was Interior Minister from 1865 to 1869 in the Cabinet of Frijs and Council President as well as Finance Minister ...

, Danish Council President from 1875 until 1894.

Architecture

The building is constructed in

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with fillings of red brick and white windows. It consists of two storeys under a steep

half-hip roof A hip roof, hip-roof or hipped roof, is a type of roof where all sides slope downwards to the walls, usually with a fairly gentle slope (although a tented roof by definition is a hipped roof with steeply pitched slopes rising to a peak). Thus, ...

. The current appearance with black-painted, exposed timber framing and blank brick fillings date from a restoration carried out by F.C.C. Hansen in 1910. Traces of colour found at that time indicate that the building originally stood with red dressing. The western gable is extended with a one-storey barn, also in timber framing but with dressed fillings and cross-shaped ventilation holes towards the street. To the north, there is a one-bay, two-storey extension, dating from 1857, also in timber framing, where the current main entrance is found.

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{{Commons category, Scavenius' Stiftelse Listed buildings and structures in Sorø Municipality Buildings and structures of the Scavenius family Houses completed in 1700 Houses in Sorø Municipality Timber framed buildings in Sorø Municipality 1700 establishments in Denmark

History

Architecture

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