Cottage Renovation

Predoi - Prettau, Italy

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Cottage Renovation

Predoi - Prettau, Italy

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EM2 Architekten

Type

Residential › Student Housing

YEAR

2011

The rectory, the home of the pastor, was probably built simultaneously with the Gothic church. The parish church was consecrated in 1495 and the rectory should be roughly the same age. In 1834 the rectory was firstly mentioned and the second inlaying of the parlor was made in 1848.
From 1880 until 1882 a new rectory was built more close to the church and the old one was sold. The new owner added a stable and a barn to the old rectory and used it as a farm. By the time the farm was not lucrative anymore, the owner left the valley and with the years the house fell apart. 2005 it was bought by an owner, who turned it into a holiday home.

The house is under protection, by law defined as building with jutties, round arch door and windows with original embrasures, covered by a shingle roof.
Also the ribbed-vault of the balm and the smoked kitchen with its barrel-vault are very precious. During the construction of the decayed panelling in the parlor, a gothic beam ceiling was discovered. The balm on the first floor of the building is covered by a panelling of the baroque era.

The condition of the house was quite bad: the shingle roof was decayed, the wooden ceiling almost gone and the brickwork humid. The wooden panelling and beams were attacked by the boletus destructor and the panelling in the parlor was totally decomposed. The restoration was a very delicate and sensitive procedure. In order to keep the charm of the rectory it had to be done very carefully. The stable built on the roof of the barn was decomposed and had to be demolished. By reusing original, not attacked material, the stable was reconstructed and rededicated to a holiday home.

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Cottage Renovation

Predoi - Prettau, Italy

Cottage Renovation

Predoi - Prettau, Italy

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