{{Infobox building | name = Wedell Mansion | native_name = {{lang|da|Wedells Palæ}} | image = Barchmanns Palæ from Prinsens Bro.JPG | caption = The mansion seen from Prince's Bridge | architectural_style = [[Baroque architecture|Baroque]] | location = [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]] | owner = [[Bendt Wedell]] | location_country = Denmark | coordinates = {{coord|55.6740|12.5772|type:landmark_region:DK|display=inline,title}} | construction_start_date = 1740 | inauguration_date = 1742 | architect = [[Philip de Lange]] }} '''Barchmann Mansion''' ({{Langx|da|Barchmanns Palæ}}) is a [[Baroque architecture|Baroque]] style town mansion overlooking [[Frederiksholms Kanal|Frederiksholm Canal]] in central [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]]. Built in the early 1740s to designs by [[Philip de Lange]], it is also known as the '''Wedell Mansion''' (Danish: ''Wedells Palæ'') after the current owner. It was listed in the [[Listed buildings in Copenhagen Municipality|Danish registry of protected buildings and places]] in 1918. An extension from 1748 is now home to [[Johan Borups Højskole|Johan Borup's Folk High School]].

==History== ===Bachmann=== [[File:Justitzråd Borckmans Gård, Hjørnet af Ny Kongensgade og Frederiksholms Kanal.png|thumb|left|The Barchmann Mansion in 1749]] The property was listed in Copenhagen's first [[cadastre]] of 1689 as No. 295 in Western Quarter, owned by ''fodermarskal'' Søren Jensen.<ref name="Weilbach">{{cite web|url=https://slaegtsbibliotek.dk/921490.pdf|title=Grev Mogens Friis' Palæ|language=da|last=Weilbach|first=Frederik|publisher=Historiske Meddelelser om København|accessdate=15 September 2019}}</ref>

The present building on the site was constructed in 1740&ndash;41 by [[Philip de Lange]] for affluent Jacob Barchmann. Barchmann did not live in it himself but rented it out to foreign [[Diplomacy|envoy]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kulturarv.dk/fbb/sagvis.pub?sag=3102826|title=Sag: Barchmanns Palæ|language=da|publisher=Kulturstyrelsen|access-date=7 February 2018}}</ref>

Baron [[Johann Albrecht Korff]] resided in the building from at least 1732. On 20 January 1746, Korff's home played host to the inaugural meeting in Denmark's first freemason's lodge.<ref name="Kulturstyrelsen">{{cite web|url=https://www.genealogi.dk/images/pht/1988_1/1988_1.pdf|title=aron von Miinnich- en frimurer i personalhistorikerens søgelys|language=Danish|author=Hampton Frosell, P.|publisher=Personalhistorisk Tidsskrift|accessdate=15 September 2019}}</ref>

The original building was extended in 1748, first along the canal and a little later along Ny Kongensgade. Ub the new [[cadastre]] of 1756, Barchmann's property was listed as No. 243 in West Quarter. His widow kept the properties after her husband's death.<ref name="Weilbach"/>

===Changing owners, 1779{{ndash}}1811=== on 11 March 1779, Barchmann's former mansion were sold to [[John Brown (1723–1808)|John & William Brown]]. The firm went bankrupt in 1787. On 21 February 1788, Brown's properties were therefore sold at public auction. The large corner mansion (No. 341 B) was sold to the lawyer Christopher Hansteen for 12,010 [[Danish rigsdaler|rigsdaler]]. [[Ny Kongensgade 3|No. 340 C (now Ny Kongensgade 3)]] was sold to [[Ove Malling]] for 4m865 rigsdaler. No. 341 was sold to warehouse manager Ole Christensen for 11m700 rigsdaler.<ref>{{cite book |author=Berner Schilden Holstein |first=Hans |last2=Fabritius |first2=Albert |title=Lensbaron Hans Berner Schilden Holsteins Slægtsbog |url=https://slaegtsbibliotek.dk/922675.pdf |access-date=16 June 2022 |language=da}}</ref>

In 1795, Hansteen sold the corner mansion to Supreme Court lawyer Carl Henrik Wilster. In January 1800, it changed hands again when it was acquired by Philip Ryan (1766–1808). He was originally from [[Saint Croix]] where his father Henry Ryan was the owner of the sugar plantation [[Mary's Fancy]]. Ryan had moved to Copenhagen in 1780 where he initially worked for Dunzfeld, Meyer & Co and later started his own trading firm. His new mansion was later the same year sold to [[John Christmas (1757{{ndash}}1822)|John Christmas]]. On 2 January 1804, it was acquired by [[Jens Friedenreich Hage]]. Hage's property was listed in the new cadastre of 1806 as No. 326 in the West Quarter.<ref name="Weilbach"/>

On 4 December 1809, Hage sold the mansion to the Jewish merchant Jacob Salomon Meyer (1783–1845).<ref name="Weilbach"/>

===Scavenius and Treschow families=== [[File:Treschows Palæ by Nelly Erichsen.jpg|thumb|The Treschow Mansion seen on a drawing by Danish-English illustrator [[Nelly Erichsen]] ]] In 1811 the Barchmann Mansion was acquired by the industrious landowner [[Jacob Brønnum Scavenius]]. He had made a fortune in [[Danish India]] and on his return to Denmark acquired [[Gjorslev|Gjorslev Manor]] on [[Stevns Municipality|Stevns]]. His widow kept the property after her husband's death. The Scavenius family owned it until 1877.<ref name="Weilbach"/>

The property was in 1898 acquired by [[Frederik Treschow|Willum Frederik Treschow]]. He left it to Frederik Vilhelm Rosenkilde Treschow. His widow Andrea Bjørn Rothe owned the mansion until her death in 1884.<ref name=Voldene>{{cite web|url=http://www.indenforvoldene.dk/ny-kongensgade-1|title=Ny Kongensgade 1|publisher=indenforvoldene.dk|access-date=7 February 2018}}</ref>

The property was home to 22 residents at the 1880 census. Andreas Treschow resided on the first floor with one male and five female servants. Henriette Sofie Margrethe Elisabeth Treschaw (née comtesse Rantzau), her daughter-in-law, married to her son Carl Adolph Rothe Treschow (1839–1924), resided in the building with her three children (aged nine to 14), two tutors (one male and one female) and one chamber maid. Augusta Christine Holm (née Aagesen, 1822–1912), widow of Supreme Courty justice Lars Jess Holm, (1791–1851), resided on the ground floor with her stepdaughter Bartholimine Holm and two maids. Frederik Nielsen, a [[concierge]], resided in the basement with his wife and two sons (aged 12 and 12).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/census1880/sogn2893/placenamelist/?pname=Ny+Kongensgade+1|title=Folketælling - 1880 - Ny Kongensgade 1|language=da|website=Danishfamilysearch.dk|access-date=8 October 2022}}</ref>

===The Friis and Wedel families=== The Barchmann Mansion was in 1885 acquired by Mogens, Count Friis. The Frederiksholms Kanal 24 extension was also acquired by Friis.<ref name="Weilbach"/> In 1905, he charged the architect [[Thorvald Kørgensen]] with adapting the building.

In 1923, the house came on the hands of the Wedell family when Inger Wedell née Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs inherited the property from her father, Count Mogens of Frijsenborg.<ref name="Weilbach"/>

In 1926, the house was divided into two separate properties when [[Johan Borups Højskole|Borup Folk High School]] moved into Frederiksholms Kanal 24.<ref name=Voldene/> Since 1982, the remaining part has been owned by the Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs/Wedells family.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Danmarks_geografi_og_historie/Danmarks_geografi/Danske_slotte_og_herreg%C3%A5rde/Wedells_Pal%C3%A6|title=Wedells Palæ|publisher=Gyldendal|access-date=2011-05-03}}</ref>

==Architecture== [[Image:Barchmanns Palæ (Copenhagen).JPG|thumb|200px|The facade towards the canal, the difference between the original house and the extension clearly visible]] The mansion is a three-winged building in two storeys under a [[mansard roof]]. The principal facade faces [[Ny Kongensgade]]. The original building is seven bays towards the canal and nine towards the street. It is built in red brick and decorated with sandstone [[pilaster]]s in the [[giant order]], cornice, decorations and a portal. The facade to the right of the portal covers the stables to obtain the symmetry required by the Baroque style.<ref name=Astoft>{{cite web|url=http://www.astoft.co.uk/kbh/palaeuk.htm#Barchmanns%20Palæ|title=Palatial Mansions in Copenhagen|publisher=Astoft|access-date=2011-05-03|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527152516/http://www.astoft.co.uk/kbh/palaeuk.htm|archive-date=2011-05-27}}</ref> The lateral wing away from the canal is narrow and therefore only has a half mansard. It has two carriage gates and a low [[mezzanine]]

The extensions added seven bays along the canal and three bays along the street. The extension along the canal also has pilasters, but in red brick instead of sandstone, and the cornice is omitted.<ref name=Astoft/>

The building was altered by [[Thorvald Jørgensen]] in 1903. The two main wings towards Frederiksholms Kanal and Ny Kongensgade, were listed in 1818 and the listing was extended to include the lateral wing in 2000.<ref name=Kulturstyrelsen/>

==Today== Since 2008 the building has been owned by [[Bendt Wedell]], the second largest private land owner in Denmark, whose other holdings include [[Wedellsborg]] and [[Frijsenborg]] in [[Jutland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aarhusportalen.dk/default.asp?Id=1243|title=Godsejer og gårdforvalter|publisher=aarhusportalen|access-date=2011-05-03|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903024528/http://www.aarhusportalen.dk/default.asp?Id=1243|archive-date=2011-09-03}}</ref> The Borup Folk High School is still based at 24 Frederiksholms Kanal.

==List of owners== * (1740–1764) Jacob Barchmann * (1764–1779) Christine Barchmann, née Berg * (1779–1787) [[John Brown (1723–1808)|John Brown / William Brown]] * (1787–1795) Christopher Hansteen * (1795–1800) Carl Henrik Wilster, * (1800) Philip Ryan * (1800–1804) [[John Christmas (1757–1822)|John Christmas]] * (1804–1809) [[Jens Friedenreich Hage]] * (1809–1811) Jacob Salomon Meyer * (1811) Jacob Rosted / Johannes Plenge * (1811–1820) [[Jacob Brønnum Scavenius]] * (1820–1825) Enkefru Scavenius * (1825–1827) Slægten Scavenius * (1827–1869) [[Frederik Treschow|Willum Frederik Treschow]] * (1869) Frederik Wilhelm Treschow * (1869–1885) Andrea Treschow, née Rothe * (1885–1923) Mogens Christian Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs * (1923–1959) Inger Dorte Mogensdatter Wedell, née Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs * (1959–1982) Charles Bendt Mogens Tido Wedell * (1982–2000) Irene Wedell, née Raben-Levetzau * (2000-) Bendt Hannibal Tido Wedell

==See also== * [[Møinichen Mansion]]

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category|Wedells Palæ}} * [http://www.indenforvoldene.dk/ny-kongensgade Ny Kongensgade] at indenforvoldene.dk * [https://slaegtsbibliotek.dk/921490.pdf Source] * [https://slaegtsbibliotek.dk/910538.pdf Jacob Salomon Meyer] *[https://slaegtsbibliotek.dk/932157.pdf Source]

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