Ved Stranden 16 is a narrow, mid18th-century property]] located opposite Christiansborg Palace in central Copenhagen, Denmark.

[1] Philip de Lange, whom he knew from the Royal Copenhagen Shooting Society, had most likely already built a new main building at Hellebækgård for him.

Madsen resided in the building with his wife Maren Jens Datter and their six children (aged six to 17) at the time of the 1787 census.

The other residents were a floor clerk, a seamstress, a female cook a maid, a caretaker and four workers at the sugar refinery.

Their daughter Vilhelmine Bech (1803-1853) married on 21 December 1823 to the physician and medical historian Frederik Vilhelm Mansa.

The property at Ved Stranden 16 was in the middle of the 19th century owned by a wholesale merchant named Harboe.

Herman Feincke Stahl, a textile manufacturer, resided with his wife, daughter, sister-in-law, niece and a maid on the ground floor.Poul Eduard Moritz Löbel, a hotelier, resided with his wife and three servants on the first floor.

[9] Frederick August Baggesen, an army colonel, resided on the third floor with his wife, four children and one maid.

[11] Philip de Lange's original building consisted of three floors over a high cellar and the facade was crowned by a pediment.

The two central windows on the bel étage are topped by open pediments with reliefs of fruit baskets.

[12] A gateway flanked by two lanterns is located in the left hand side of the ground floor (north) while a short flight of stairs in the second bay from the right leads down to the basement.

A doorway in the south wall of the gateway affords access to the main staircase of the building.