Jo Clan Old House in Sangjeong-ri, Uiryeong

This is the head house (jongga) of the Changnyeong Jo clan, built in stages from the 17th to the 20th century. It is a typical wealthy farmhouse, its buildings arranged around the anchae (main quarters) in a square (mia-shaped) plan with one side left open. In addition to the anchae there are nine further buildings, including a sarangchae (men's quarters), a haengnangchae (servants' quarters), storehouses and a treadle-powered mill house, a family shrine, a detached building, a stable, and a gate house. The anchae measures five kan across the front and two kan along the side, with a hip-and-gable (paljak) roof whose sides form the shape of the character 八 (eight). From left to right it is arranged with a kitchen, a large room, a daecheong (wooden-floored hall), a geonneonbang (room across the hall) and a numaru (raised wooden floor), with a kitchen-side room placed in front of the kitchen, forming a gyeopjip (double-depth house) layout. The structure and detailed style of the buildings clearly reflect changes over time, giving the house high value as comparative material for studying architectural characteristics century by century.

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Where it is

Region

Uiryeong, Gyeongnam

Designation

Provincial Folklore Heritage · 시도민속문화유산