Dronningens Tværgade 5

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Dronningens Tværgade 5 is a Neoclassical building in central Copenhagen, opposite the Moltke Mansion. It was built in 1793–1794 together with the neighboring No. 7 and No. 9 by master builders Hans Ondrup and A. Giedde. The rear includes a three-storey wing and a one-storey former bank building dating from about 1850. The whole complex is protected as a historic site, listed in 1951 and again in 1999. The property sits on land that used to be part of the Gyldensten Mansion garden. The garden was named after Count Gyldensteen, and part of it was sold off in 1793 to create the current buildings. The house was owned by trader Jacob Jacobsen in its early days. Over the years it housed many residents, including the jurist and future Danish prime minister Peter Georg Bang and the military officer Hans Dahlerup. The building has three storeys over a walk-out basement, with two wider outer bays. A gateway with a fanlight sits in the left outer bay, and a basement entrance with a hood mould sits in the right outer bay. The upper floors feature blank bands between the central windows and a decorative cornice. A dormer roof and an eight-bay side wing extend at the rear, along with another free-standing rear wing that used to be a bank. The main entrance has a stone portal. Today it is owned by E/F Dronningens Tværgade 5.