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“Morandowska”, “Fołtynowiczowska” burgher townhouse - Zabytek.pl

“Morandowska”, “Fołtynowiczowska” burgher townhouse


tenement house Zamość

Address
Zamość, Stanisława Staszica 25

Location
woj. lubelskie, pow. Zamość, gm. Zamość

A unique example of burgher architecture from the late 16th century and early 17th century.One of the Renaissance-style townhouses in Zamość.

Situated in the central part of the town – at the Great Market Square, it was designed around 1590 by Bernardo Morando, the main architect of Zamość, as a model market-side house. It stands out among the townhouses in Zamość, because of its arcade-columned Renaissance portal designed by Jan Wolff, and representative interiors on the 1st floor, with a beam ceiling and a frieze from around the 3rd quarter of the 17th century decorated with grotesque floral motifs and signs of the zodiac. 

History

The present-day townhouse dates back to the end of the 16th century. It was designed by Bernardo Morando (owner of the plot) in 1590. Its construction was completed around 1610 by Morand's son-in-law – Stanisław Abramowicz, an Armenian goldsmith. At that time, it was a three-story, three-bay building. Around 1635, the townhouse was inherited by his children: Stanisław, Elżbieta Fołtynowiczowa and Anna Radułowa. In the second quarter of the 17th century, the elevations were decorated and a portal was built according to Jan Wolff’s design. In the third quarter of the 17th century, the building was owned by Marcin Fołtynowicz – a professor and rector of the Zamoyski Academy. At the turn of the 17th/18th centuries, it was owned by another professor and rector – Stanisław Niewieski. The frieze with the signs of the zodiac in the front chamber on the first floor was probably made then. In 1744, the townhouse was partially remodelled after a fire. Among other things, the staircase was moved from the central (eastern part) to the hallway. At the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries, it belonged to the Bierman family, then to Jan Albrecht Witeck (1795-1805) and then to Józef Poraj Kobielski.

In the first half of the 19th century, it was owned by the Wojnarowski family and in the 1950s - by the Słupecki family and some other co-owners. In the 1960s and 1970s, the townhouse accommodated a shop and a Cooperative Bank, then offices and a health clinic. Today, it is a private property. The first major conservation of the building was carried out in 1937-38 under the direction of T. Zaremba. The balcony was removed then. In 1957, the exterior plasterwork was restored, the roof cladding was repaired and the window and door woodwork was renovated. In addition, the interiors were adapted to their new functions. Between 1977 and 1980, a major renovation was carried out according to Z. Majrowski’s design. This included restoration of the stonework and discovery of polychromes on the first floor. The interiors were partially transformed. Among other things, the staircase was moved outside from the hallway and the townhouse was connected with the neighbouring house which adjoins it from the south-east.  In 1999, the elevations were renovated, in 2006-2007, the portals, window surrounds and stone elements were restored and the interiors were renovated in connection with the conversion of the building into a guest house.

Description

The townhouse is situated in the central part of the Old Town, at the corner of the western block of the southern frontage of the Great Market Square. From the south and west, it is included in a continuously built-up frontage and is connected by wooden porches with the townhouses that were built at the back of the plot in the 19th century. Inside, there is a small courtyard. The building is named after its first owners: Bernard Morando – the main architect of Zamość and the Fołtynowicz family – descendants of the architect's granddaughter – Anna Fołtynowiczowa. The townhouse has an oriented structure, with its front facing north. It is side-gabled. Built on a rectangular floor plan comprising a three-section arcade on the ground floor. Its rear part is connected with a three-bay and tripartite outbuilding, with a hallway on the axis. The townhouse is made of bricks and covered with plaster.

It has two storeys and cellars and is covered with a three-slope roof with sheet metal cladding. The elevation facing the courtyard has a porch on the first floor level, with an entrance leading to the interiors. The front elevation is two-storey, four-axial and symmetrical. On the ground floor, there is a four-section, semi-circular arcade facing north, with massive impost cornices at the base and one corner pillar reinforced with a buttress. Above the arcades, there is a wide, stucco frieze with restyled strapwork and plant motifs with haut-relief rosettes and lion heads. The second storey features rusticated lesenes in the corners, rectangular windows surmounted with profiled surrounds topped with panel lintels filled with stylized plant threads.

The entire elevation is topped with a prominent crowning cornice.  The side (eastern) elevation is two-storey, four-axial, asymmetrical, with two windows on the ground floor (the third one is in the northern part of the elevation – probably bricked up) enclosed by simple, narrow window surrounds. The second storey is surmounted by rusticated lesenes, rectangular windows are enlivened by surrounds similar to the ones on the front elevation (two on the north side), whereas (two windows on the southern side) have no decorations. Between the storeys, there is a wide cornice consisting of rectangular and hexagonal convex plates, surmounted by simple cornices. The side elevation is crowned with a cornice similar to the one at the front. The rear elevation has two storeys and a wooden porch on the first floor level. On the western side, there are rectangular windows and a buttress in the corner. On the northern side, the main entrance door is surmounted by a stone arcade-columned portal with a triangular pediment filled with a cartouche and a profiled archivolt with an angel's head in the keystone. The entablature is embellished with lions' heads and haut-relief rosettes. The second storey of the front and rear elevations is painted brown. The architectural details and the arcade are painted white. The cellars are covered with a barrel vault. The ground floor has barrel-cross vaults. On the first floor, there are barrel vaults with lunettes. In the spacious front chamber, there is a reconstructed wooden beamed ceiling and in other rooms on the first floor, there are cross-barrel vaults.

Access to the site is limited.

compiled by Ewa Prusicka, Regional Branch Office of the National Institute of Cultural Heritage in Lublin, 22 November 2016

Bibliography

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  • Record sheet, “Morandowską” townhouse, also known as “Fołtynowiczowska” townhouse (...). Zamość, compiled by A. Sikora-Terlecka, B. Stanek-Lebioda 1997, Archives of the Voivodeship Office for the Protection of Historic Monuments in Lublin, Zamość Branch; Archives of the National Institute of Cultural Heritage in Warsaw.

Objects data updated by Andrzej Kwasik.

Category: tenement house

Architecture: Renaissance

Building material:  brick

Protection: Register of monuments, Monuments records

Inspire id: PL.1.9.ZIPOZ.NID_N_06_BK.355, PL.1.9.ZIPOZ.NID_E_06_BK.403311