One World... Scheduling the past

An old rural building constructed on two levels; the lower level lies below street level on one side and is level with an open field overlooking the valley on the other. The upper floor is accessible from street level. The lower floor appears to be older than the upper floor. There is also a small cave partly beneath the building. This building is an example of local vernacular architecture within a rural setting.

The two rooms at the lower level are constructed in a typical vernacular manner, with thick walls consisting of irregularly sized stones packed with soil and without the use of mortars. The roofs of these rooms are constructed of timber beams and stone slabs (xorok) supported on stone corbels (kileb). A small number of the ceiling slabs of one of the rooms have collapsed. Next to these rooms is a two-arched loggia opening onto a yard which is delineated by a high rubble wall. These arches were plastered with cement-based mortars, resulting in further decay of the original stone.

The upper level is accessed from the street which leads into a loggia comprising of three arches. The floor of this loggia is composed of stone cangatura. The rooms at the upper level are constructed in differently sized ashlar blocks making use of a lime-based mortar possibly indicating that these were a later addition to the building. The rooms are roofed over by means of timber beams and stone slabs (xorok). A doorway provided access to a spiral stairs (garigor) leading onto the roof. The building also contains a number of other vernacular features such as a stone waterspout (mizieb), and supporting slabs of a sill (Harriega) beneath the window.