Yeongam Hyeon Jong-sik House

This is a tile-roofed Korean house (hanok) built in 1902. It originally served as the ansarangchae, an inner sarangchae (men's quarters) for the family, while the neighbouring Hyeon Haeng-ju House served as its anchae, or main women's quarters. The ansarangchae has a hip-and-gable (paljak) roof, whose sides form the shape of the Chinese character 八 (eight). From left to right it is arranged with a kitchen, a large room, a middle room and a daecheong (wooden-floored hall). The daecheong has a numaru, a raised, pavilion-like wooden floor, beside which, to the rear, is a sarangbang (reception room). The anchae measures six kan across the front and four kan along the side, and is built in an H-shaped plan. A gate stands between the sarangchae and the anchae, and the anchae is entirely enclosed by a doljukdam, a wall built of stone set in mud mortar. Unlike typical houses, where the sarangchae and anchae are arranged front and back, here they stand side by side, which is unusual.

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Where it is

Region

Yeongam, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

Provincial Folklore Heritage · 시도민속문화유산