The villa was built after 1884 in neo-renaissance style, and sits opposite the royal palace. It was a part of a so-called “villa plan” from 1882 created along Paleisstraat, where the garden behind the former “Paleis Kneuterdijk” belonging to the Prince of Orange was divided. The villa has two storeys and a mansard. The building is property of the Czech Republic and has served as an embassy since 1993.

The exterior and interior modifications aimed to restore the architectural qualities of this listed building and to improve its technical capacity relating to user requirements.

Renovation included the mansard-tiled roof with stylistic ledges and titan-zinc skylights. The façades were also restored including cleaning the stone cladding surfaces and restoring the wooden ledges – a typical feature of local buildings. The restoration extended to the grounds, including the cast-iron fencing – the pride of local conservationists – which was cast at the Prince of Orange’s foundry. The fence walls and courtyard paving were remade using local bricks. A new glazed carport replaced oversized barns in the courtyard.

Interior construction interventions were limited by insufficient funding, but were nevertheless executed in compliance with the principles of monument restoration, respecting the authentic historical character and focused on the repair and reconstruction of wooden and marble floors and stairs, woodwork elements (doors, cladding), walls and ceiling finishes. Interior spaces were fitted out with new light sources.