{{Short description|Danish cottage}} {{Infobox building | name = Generalens Lysthus | native_name = | image = Generalens Lysthus 5 af Erik Værbak.jpg | image_alt = | caption = | former_names = | alternate_names = | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_alt = | map_caption = | building_type = | architectural_style = | structural_system = | cost = | location = Tromnæs Forest, [[Falster]] | client = | owner = | current_tenants = | landlord = | location_country = Denmark | coordinates = {{coord|54|45|40|N|12|2|42|E|type:landmark_region:DK|display=inline,title}} | altitude = | construction_start_date = | completion_date = 1786 | renovation_date = | inauguration_date = | demolished_date = | height = | diameter = | other_dimensions = | floor_count = | floor_area = | main_contractor = | architect = | structural_engineer = | services_engineer = | civil_engineer = | other_designers = | quantity_surveyor = | awards = | website = | references = }} '''Generalens Lysthus''' (the General's Summer House) is a small, thatched cottage in Tromnæs Forest on the [[Denmark|Danish]] island of Falster. It was built in 1786 by the industrialist [[Johan Frederik Classen]] who also built nearby [[Corselitze]].
==Architecture== The house is located near the sea at the end of the road from [[Corselitze]] manor which lies to the west. It bears a close resemblance to the larger thatched country home at [[Liselund]] on the island of [[Møn]].<ref>[http://www.kulturarv.dk/1001fortaellinger/da_DK/corselitze Anna-Elisabth Jensen, "Generalens gave bliver givet videre"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809082956/http://www.kulturarv.dk/1001fortaellinger/da_DK/corselitze |date=2016-08-09 }}, Kulturarv. {{in lang|da}} Retrieved 27 November 2012.</ref> Designed by [[Andreas Kirkerup]] and completed in 1786 in the Neoclassical style, the one-storey, half-timbered whitewashed building has a covered veranda and a living room. The hipped thatched roof has wooden thatching supports along the ridge. In addition to the cottages's small-paned casement windows on all sides, the veranda has larger round-arched windows while the tops of the double doors are also glazed. As a result, the interior has a pleasantly bright look. The windows, doors and woodwork are painted green. The veranda is supported by four round wooden columns in front of the living room with a lateral section outside the half-timbering. The ceiling consists of white-painted boards while the floor is of red and yellow hexagonal tiles. The cottage looks out over the [[Baltic Sea]].<ref name=kulturarv>[https://www.kulturarv.dk/fbb/sagvis.pub?sag=10498218 "Sag: Generalens Lysthus, Tromnæs Skov"], Kulturarv. {{in lang|da}} Retrieved 27 November 2012.</ref><ref>[http://skovforeningen.dk/media/corselitze.pdf "Corselitze"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130905195642/http://skovforeningen.dk/media/Corselitze.pdf |date=2013-09-05 }}, Skovforeningen.dk. {{in lang|da}} Retrieved 27 November 2012.</ref>
[[File:Generalens Lysthus Tromnæs Falster.png|thumb|Generalens Lysthus, Tromnæs, Falster (old photograph)]] The [[Rococo]] interior consists of a large rectangular room with a domed ceiling fringed with garlands and medallions. The centre of the ceiling is decorated with a rosette and a floral wreath. An inscription on the door reads: "Wer Ruhe hat Der findt sie her" (he who has peace finds it here). The walls are panelled and a cupboard stands in one corner. The window sills are fitted with iron bars.<ref name=kulturarv/>
The building was listed in 1918.<ref name=kulturarv/>
==See also== *[[Corselitze]] *[[Johan Frederik Classen]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Falster Denmark}}
[[Category:Falster]] [[Category:Listed buildings and structures in Guldborgsund Municipality]] [[Category:Listed garden and park buildings in Denmark]] [[Category:Thatched buildings in Denmark]] [[Category:Neoclassical architecture in Denmark]] [[Category:Houses completed in 1876]] [[Category:Buildings and structures of the Classen family]] [[Category:1780s architecture in Denmark]]