House at 43 La Rosa Street

Santa Cruz de Tenerife · Category: Architecture · Subcategory: Civil architecture · Year: 1910? · Authors: Antonio Pintor y Ocete

This house with an eclectic architectural typology façade with slight modernist touches is fully attributable to the architect Antonio Pintor who, in the early decades of the 20th century, extensively worked this style throughout Santa Cruz. 

Of the original structure of this building, only the façade remains, since the interior, as with the adjoining property, has been completely renovated. The exterior presents itself as an elegant and restrained example of the finest architecture intended to accommodate the emerging local bourgeoisie of the time. 

Its symmetrical façade is determined by the location of three large openings aligned along the vertical axis that runs through the two floors of the building. Those on the lower part contain a decorative perimeter moulding; those on the upper floor are topped by a comb-like crowning, above which we observe restrained modernist decoration based on vegetal motifs in keeping with Art Nouveau. The left opening on this second floor has a parapet, while the two openings on the right are closed by a balcony with balustrade supported by ornate corbels. The building's roof is closed by a cornice with mouldings, above which rises a balustrade interrupted by four pedestals with figurative vases. 

Two adjacent properties have been added to the original house through a major interior renovation, given an exterior presence consistent with the original building to provide a uniform appearance to the resulting ensemble.

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