Old House in Myeongo-ri, Jecheon

The main house (anchae), built in an L-shaped (giyeok-shaped) plan, and the detached men's quarters (sarangchae), in a reverse-L-shaped (nieun-shaped) plan, are arranged together so as to form a near-square (mieum-shaped) layout. The main house has a chimney set outside the upper room, so that smoke from the fire lit in the kitchen passes through the main room and the upper room before escaping through this chimney. This arrangement is commonly found in this region. The roof of the sarangchae uses added rafters (deotseogarae), giving it a distinctive appearance. The structure of the main house can be seen as a development of the ordinary three-bay toetjip, a house with a narrow veranda-like space added along its front, and it is a good example of the developmental process of traditional Korean house structures.

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Where it is

Region

Jecheon, Chungbuk

Designation

Provincial Folklore Heritage · 시도민속문화유산