Nuevo Baztán Complex Restoration
Historical complex founded at the beginning of the 18th century
The founding of the Nuevo Baztán Complex, at the initiative of Juan de Goyeneche, constituted the first case of a new industrial population that emerged in Spain, following Colbert's theories, in the 2000th century. The complex, declared a Site of Cultural Interest since XNUMX, is made up of the palace, trade houses, stables, wine press, stables and olive grove; all surrounded by a stone wall that delimits the complex with several access doors to the different spaces.
The main buildings make up two squares, joining the buildings through semicircular arches with carved ashlars. The Palace Complex, property of the Community of Madrid, has been consolidating since the 80s of the last century. Although, since 2000, when an emergency action was carried out due to the danger of collapse of the Stables, interventions to consolidate and preserve the different buildings have been a priority of the General Directorate of Cultural Heritage and the Spanish Office.
Intervention on facades and roofs
Once the roofs of the stables building were consolidated and finished, work was carried out on the palace to provide it with roofs in accordance with current waterproofing and insulation requirements. The treated roofs have been those located in the north, west and south wings along with the Ballroom and the tower.
The project to intervene on the roofs of the building, which had specific humidity problems, consisted of lifting the existing roofs, reaching the board that has been replaced to inspect its structure and promptly repair it.
Subsequently, the insulation, waterproofing and installation of old tiles were installed. Gutters and files have been repaired or replaced using zinc or lead elements. In addition, the original drains of the gargoyles have been recovered on the roof of the tower.
At the same time, the north façade and the interior faces of the tower and spire of the palace have been restored with the aim that the image of the palace is in line with its historical and architectural importance and that the building is prepared for a necessary future use.
With the elimination of vegetation, cement mortars, cleaning and consolidating the ashlar of both walls and opening fencing, the facades have been restored. All the cornices and flashings have been protected by means of locked zinc plates and the gaps protected with anti-bird mesh. The locksmith has been cleaned and protected.
Intervention in the palace courtyard
The Nuevo Baztán palace is distributed around a main courtyard with a quadrangular floor plan closed by semicircular arches on the ground floor and higher than on the upper floor, closed by carpanel arches and stone and wrought iron balconies. All its pillars and arch mouths are made of limestone ashlar.
The patio was, after the initial interventions that cleaned the invasive vegetation grown due to its state of abandonment, with a degraded concrete slab and not in accordance with the architectural importance of the patio, which is why it was decided to undertake this work to recover the pavement. , documented in old photographic images. With this intervention, a representative element of the palace is dignified, allowing safe accessibility for visitors, eliminating architectural barriers and recovering the original image of the patio.
The works carried out have allowed the review of the sanitation network, the evacuation of roof water to it, the completion of the lighting installation, the restoration of the well and the paving of the patio, with the layout of curbing limestone throughout its perimeter and diagonals, creating a plateau around the well and placing sinks in its surroundings.
In the ambulatory, the pavement changes, having been made of clay tiles placed in a bevel and curbed with the same material, except at the entrances to the hallways that give access to the Palace Plaza and the Festival Plaza.
