Villa Stephanus, Architectural heritage monument in Linden-Limmer, Germany.

Villa Stephanus is a villa on the Gartenallee in Hannover-Linden, built in 1900/1901 for the brickworks owner Richard Stephanus. Its roof storey, once fitted with towers, bay windows and gables, was destroyed in the Second World War and replaced by a flat roof. From 2018 the building was raised by two storeys using bricks fired to the old pattern and given a slate roof built to historical models.

Villa Stephanus was built in 1900/1901 for the brickworks owner Richard Stephanus, next to the older Villa Stephanus of Hermann Stephanus. In the 1930s financial crisis Richard Stephanus pledged the building; it was then taken over by the Hannover SA and later used by Gauleiter Lauterbacher. In 1945 the British military administration took it over, followed by the city of Hannover, and the 9th police station moved in. In 1983 the Grojnowski group bought and renovated it; after the police left in 2011 the building was largely gutted from 2018, raised by two storeys in old-pattern brick and given a slate roof, becoming flats by spring 2021.

The building belongs to a group of significant residential structures and shows typical features of 19th-century German architecture. Its facade and layout reflect how wealthy families lived and built their homes during that era.

The villa stands on Gartenallee in Hannover-Linden, next to the older Villa Stephanus at the rear. It has been a condominium building since spring 2021, so the interior is private; visitors see the rebuilt slate roof and brick upper floors from the street. The preserved stairwell and the 4.30-metre ground-floor room with its wooden ceiling are not open to the public.

The 2018 addition used bricks fired to an old pattern and a slate roof built from historical models, replacing the wartime flat roof. The 2012 monument protection rests on urban-planning and historical grounds; the garden wall at Gartenallee is listed separately as monument no. 41302949.