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Brøste House
Brøste House (Danish: Brøstes Gård), also known as Potter House (Danish: Potters Gård) after its founder, Thomas Potter, a Scottish born industrialist, is a late 18th-century historic property at Overgaden Oven Vandet 10, overlooking Christianshavn Canal, in the Christianshavn neighbourhood of Copenhagen, Denmark. The building was listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1918. It is now owned by Barfoed Group.
In the late 17th century the site was part of four separate properties, listed in Copenhagen's first cadastre from 1689 as No. 112, No. 113, No. 115 and No. 119 in Christianshavn Quarter. These properties were later merged into two. One of them was listed in the new cadastre of 1756 as No. 193 in Christianshavn Quarter and was at that time owned by overkrigskommisær Alexander Walker Ross and Jonas Collin. The other one was listed as No. 197 and belonged to Paul Olsen.
No 193 had previously been the site of both a cloth and an arrow factory. It was later acquired by Alexander Walker Ross and Jonas Collin and used for the establishment of a clay pipe factory. The clay pipe factory was granted a royal monopoly. In 1752, Severin Ottosen Ferslev was employed as manager of the factory. In circa 1855, he bought it from the owners (deed: 11 February 1755). Already in May 1866, Kjøbenhavnske Danske Post-Tidender« printed an advert for Ferslev's pipes. For some reason, however, he did not acquire citizenship as a pipe manufacturer and as a tea-and-porcelain merchant until 19 September 1759.
In 1779, No. 193 was sold by public auction for r 3,360 Danish rigsdaler to Thomas Potter (1746–1811). Born in Edinburgh, he had emigrated to Denmark at an early age where he founded an iron foundry, Denmark's first, which he moved to his new property from its previous location on rented land at Applebys Plads. The house was built in 1785 to a design by an unknown architect. It had offices on the ground floor, packing in the cellar and his residence on the first floor.
Located to the rear of the new building, the foundry manufactured "iron pots in all shapes" as well as everything from nails and bullets to ship anchors. Some of its products were exported to both the East and West Indies.
Potter experienced deep personal grief while he lived in the building, losing two wives.
In 1790, Potter sold the house to a royal mecanicus, Andrew Mitchell, who established a button factory in the building. Poul Morten Johansen, a manufacturer of carriages, acquired the property in 1800. His property was listed as No. 197 in the new cadastre of 1806.
In 1808, Johansen sold it to Arent Harboe (1754–1808). He died later that same year and the property was then owned by his widow Marie Dorothea Neumann (1770–1843) until it was ceded to Copenhagen Fire Insurance (Kjøbenhavns Brandforsikring) in 1823–1824.
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Brøste House
Brøste House (Danish: Brøstes Gård), also known as Potter House (Danish: Potters Gård) after its founder, Thomas Potter, a Scottish born industrialist, is a late 18th-century historic property at Overgaden Oven Vandet 10, overlooking Christianshavn Canal, in the Christianshavn neighbourhood of Copenhagen, Denmark. The building was listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1918. It is now owned by Barfoed Group.
In the late 17th century the site was part of four separate properties, listed in Copenhagen's first cadastre from 1689 as No. 112, No. 113, No. 115 and No. 119 in Christianshavn Quarter. These properties were later merged into two. One of them was listed in the new cadastre of 1756 as No. 193 in Christianshavn Quarter and was at that time owned by overkrigskommisær Alexander Walker Ross and Jonas Collin. The other one was listed as No. 197 and belonged to Paul Olsen.
No 193 had previously been the site of both a cloth and an arrow factory. It was later acquired by Alexander Walker Ross and Jonas Collin and used for the establishment of a clay pipe factory. The clay pipe factory was granted a royal monopoly. In 1752, Severin Ottosen Ferslev was employed as manager of the factory. In circa 1855, he bought it from the owners (deed: 11 February 1755). Already in May 1866, Kjøbenhavnske Danske Post-Tidender« printed an advert for Ferslev's pipes. For some reason, however, he did not acquire citizenship as a pipe manufacturer and as a tea-and-porcelain merchant until 19 September 1759.
In 1779, No. 193 was sold by public auction for r 3,360 Danish rigsdaler to Thomas Potter (1746–1811). Born in Edinburgh, he had emigrated to Denmark at an early age where he founded an iron foundry, Denmark's first, which he moved to his new property from its previous location on rented land at Applebys Plads. The house was built in 1785 to a design by an unknown architect. It had offices on the ground floor, packing in the cellar and his residence on the first floor.
Located to the rear of the new building, the foundry manufactured "iron pots in all shapes" as well as everything from nails and bullets to ship anchors. Some of its products were exported to both the East and West Indies.
Potter experienced deep personal grief while he lived in the building, losing two wives.
In 1790, Potter sold the house to a royal mecanicus, Andrew Mitchell, who established a button factory in the building. Poul Morten Johansen, a manufacturer of carriages, acquired the property in 1800. His property was listed as No. 197 in the new cadastre of 1806.
In 1808, Johansen sold it to Arent Harboe (1754–1808). He died later that same year and the property was then owned by his widow Marie Dorothea Neumann (1770–1843) until it was ceded to Copenhagen Fire Insurance (Kjøbenhavns Brandforsikring) in 1823–1824.
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