Nanpo Historic House

Nanpo Historic House is said to have been built by Choe Gong-cheol, known as Nanpo, who served as Dosa (assistant provincial governor) of Jeolla-do and defended Jeonju during the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598). Although tradition holds that it was built in 1545, the first year of King Myeongjong, its architectural style and construction technique suggest a date around the 17th century. A roof-end tile inscribed with 'the 14th year of Jiaqing' (1809) has been found, indicating that the house was repaired in 1809, the ninth year of King Sunjo. Originally the house comprised a main hall, a lower sarangchae (men's quarters), a middle sarangchae, a mill room, a servants' quarters, a wooden-floored hall and a shrine, but today only the main hall, servants' quarters and shrine survive. The main hall is a single-row building of seven bays across the front and one and a half bays deep, with an unusual roof: the central five bays have a gabled roof shaped like the character 人 (person) when seen from the side, while the two end bays each have an additional 'eyebrow roof' attached, giving the overall effect of a hipped-and-gabled roof. The wooden-floored hall (daecheong) has been enclosed with doors, and a loft has been installed at the rear, connected to the adjoining room. The attached outbuilding is a gabled-roof building of four bays across the front and one bay deep.

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Where it is

Region

Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산