Ording House

The Ording House is a listed property fronting the small square Vandkunsten is the Old Town of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Ording House
Ordings Gård
The Ording House in 2019
General information
Architectural styleNeoclassical
LocationVandkunsten 10
Copenhagen
CountryDenmark
Coordinates55°40′33.96″N 12°34′25.68″E
Completed1802

History

The building was constructed as a brewery in 1802–03 for Carl Henrik Ording.[1] Ording was originally a horse trader but had also owned Bakkehuset in Valby from 1777 to 1784.[2] He constructed the inn Slotskroen at the corner of Vesterbrogade and Pile Allé in 1780-82.[3] He had purchased a piece of land in the area between Værnedamsvej, Frederiksberg Allé and Gammel Kongevej in 1783 and constructed the country houses Vennerslyst (Frederiksberg Allé 8, now No. 12-22) and Alléenlyst (later Sankt Thomas) on it the following year. He later sold most of the land off in lots.[4]

Carl Wilhelm Jessen (1764-1823), a naval officer who reached the rank of counter admiral, resided in one of the apartments from 1817 tp 1819.[1]

Architecture
Vandkunsten 10
Plaque and relief commemorating the Storm of Copenhagen

The building stands in blank, red brick and consists of three stories over a high cellar. The building has four bays on Vandkunsten, a chamfered corner bay and three bays on Gåsegade.[1] A gateways open to a courtyard that it shares with the rest of the block.

Memorial plaque

A memorial plaque and a relief of Frederick III on the corner commemorate the Swedish storm assault on Copenhagen which took place on 10–11 February 1659 at this site.[1]

The same event is mommemorated by the names Stormgade and Stormbroen.

See also

References
  1. "Vandkunsten 10". indenforvoldene.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  2. "Kroen ved foden af Valby Bakke" (in Danish). Berlingske. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  3. "Slotskroen". frederiksbergshistorie.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  4. "Hauchsvejs placering i lokalområdet". hauchsvej.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 12 October 2017.
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