It retains some original stonework elements from the period of its construction. 

History

The townhouse was built after 1602. From the 2nd quarter of the 17th century to 1785, it belonged to the Tatułowicz family, the richest Armenian merchants in Zamość. The house was remodelled before 1686. After 1785, it belonged successively to the Zieliński, Różycki, Laskowski and Głogowski families. Between 1827 and 1828, it was renovated following a fire. In the second quarter of the 19th century, the attic was removed and the townhouse was enlarged, with another floor having been added. From mid-19th century to mid-20th century, it belonged to the Tcherners and their successors and then it was a Jewish property. After the Second World War, it was owned by St. Jawor. Today, it is a municipal property. The first major renovation of the building took place in 1937-38 under the supervision of T. Zaremba. The building was renovated again in 1957, when its exterior walls were re-plastered and the roof and the window and door woodwork were refurbished. Between 1970 and 1972, it was restored according to J. Grudziński’s design. Among other things, iron-concrete ceilings were laid, the elevations were renovated and the roof truss was replaced. In 1999, the façade was renovated. In 2002, the roof was repaired. In 2004, the courtyard was renovated and the window woodwork was replaced.

Description

The townhouse is situated in the central part of the Old Town, in the north-eastern corner of the Great Market Square. The façade faces west and the side elevation faces north and is aligned with the southern frontage of Ormiańska Street. The house has an oriented structure and its front (western) elevation faces the market square. The townhouse was built on a floor plan of an elongated rectangle with a three-section arcade on the ground floor. The house consists of two parts, with a hallway in the narrower southern part and two chambers in the northern part accessible from the hallway. Half-turn stairs connect the hallway with the first floor. The original interior layout on all upper floors was modified considerably, because the house was divided into several flats. The townhouse is made of bricks and coated with plaster. It has three storeys and cellars and is covered with a two-hipped roof with uneven sides. The roof is clad with sheet metal.

The townhouse has three-storey elevations. On the ground floor of the front elevation, there is a three-section arcade with a cross vault. The arches of the arcade are semi-circular, with massive impost cornices, a semi-circular sandstone portal, rectangular, square-like window openings, articulated by wide, profiled window surrounds with panels resting on massive stone parapets.  The first and second storeys of the front (western) elevation are three-axial. The first floor and the ground floor are separated by two cornices, with a smooth wall in-between. On the first floor, the windows are articulated by profiled window surrounds. Over the windows, there are stone cornices with corbels. One section of the 2nd floor is separated by a thin, slightly profiled cordon cornice. It incorporates three rectangular windows, enclosed by window surrounds and topped with a massive, scantly profiled eaves cornice. The windows of the front elevation are arranged symmetrically, in all storeys in the axes of the ground floor arcades.

The northern-facing side elevation is four-axial and asymmetrical on the ground floor level. In the north-eastern corner, there are two window openings with stone window surrounds supported by stone parapets which overhang the face of the wall. In the middle of the elevation, there is a small rectangular window opening with a wrought metal grate, surmounted by a stone window surround, which is one of the few original elements of the stonework decorating the townhouse from the period of its construction. The first floor is delineated by two cornices. Above the cornices, there are four rectangular windows and a rectangular blind window. The openings and the blind window in all axes are articulated by window surrounds, above which there are profiled window cornices with corbels. In the third storey, delineated by a cordon cornice, the window openings and the blind window are aligned with the windows on the first floor. The second and third storeys of the elevations of the townhouse are painted light brown. The arcade is painted white. The cellars are covered with a barrel vault. The ground floor storey is covered with a cross vault (hallway) and a barrel vault (chambers next to the hallway). The rooms on the upper floors have contemporary flat ceilings. 

Access to the site is limited.

compiled by Ewa Prusicka, Regional Branch Office of the National Institute of Cultural Heritage in Lublin,20 November 2016

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