Yun Yeong-chae House

The house has a square, ㅁ-shaped floor plan, divided into five bays on the north side, four on the south, and three on the east. According to a record found on a roof tile uncovered when the main wooden-floored hall was renovated in 1978, the house was built in 1511, the sixth year of King Jungjong of Joseon. The site was home, until the late Joseon period, to a government office called Ieonbang. The building, also known as Dongdae, is thought to have served as the office of Ieonbang, and is also called Dongheon, as it is said to have been a retreat of the magistrate of Namwon. According to geomantic tradition it was so highly regarded that it was named the foremost of Namwon's forty-eight auspicious sites. The lower quarters were originally thatched but have more recently been roofed with tiles. The rooms and kitchen are arranged with the kitchen at the centre, flanked by rooms above and below it. A wooden floor was laid over the kitchen to make use of the space, and the east room, which runs from north to south, was fitted with rectangular wooden lattice windows for ventilation. The sarangchae, the men's quarters, has two rooms; the lower room is divided in two by a sliding door, and the space beyond the sliding door is further partitioned by a wall to form a small library. This room, too, was given wooden windows to ensure good ventilation. A wooden floor was laid to the west of the sarang room, and the main gate faces west.

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Where it is

Region

Namwon, Jeonbuk

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료