Sancheong Namsa-ri Yi Clan Old House

This is the oldest house in Namsa village, built in the 1700s. On a plot elongated north–south, the main quarters, the men's quarters, the cattle-shed building and the storehouse building are arranged around the main quarters in a square courtyard plan. Entering through the gate set at the south-west of the site, one comes directly into the courtyard in front of the men's quarters. To its north stands the men's quarters, four bays wide and two-and-a-half bays deep, facing south-east. Its roof is a hipped-and-gabled roof, shaped like the character for "eight" when seen from the side. South of the men's quarters is the cattle-shed building, three bays wide and one bay deep, containing a cattle shed and a storage room. East of the men's quarters stands the middle-gate building, three bays wide and one bay deep, containing a middle gate and a storage room, its entrance opening onto the inner courtyard. Passing through the middle gate, one sees the main quarters, seven bays wide and two-and-a-half bays deep, facing south-east. It comprises a side room of one bay, a central wooden-floored hall of two bays, and a main room of two bays, with a one-bay-wide veranda running along the front of the rooms and hall and small wall closets at the rear. A distinctive feature is the open veranda set against the rear wall of the hall. The lower quarters building faces east, four bays wide and one-and-a-half bays deep, with a kitchen, room and hall arranged at its southern end and an open veranda along the front. The storage building, facing west, is three bays wide and two bays deep, and its interior is not divided into separate bays. The layout is unusual in being visually enclosed, and unlike the typical gentry house, in which the kitchen of the main quarters faces away from the direction of the ancestral shrine, here the kitchen faces the same direction as the shrine — a notable peculiarity of this house.

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Where it is

Region

Sancheong, Gyeongnam

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료