Horní No. 144 a 145
Location:
Horní No. 144 a 145
Description of the Building:
This one story structure on sloping terrain has a front facade
which faces Horni Street and a side wall which faces Masna Street.
The Classical facade of the building is vertically sub-divided by
piedroits. The interior of the ground floor has got a somewhat
irregular layout. A barrel vaulted hallway remains in the front
section of the building whereas, the rooms in the back of the
building have flat ceilings. Barrel vaults appear again in the
right side portion of the building which is equipped with a
passageway to the courtyard, where modern-day alterations,
including the terrace addition, can be found. An additional barrel
vaulted space exists in the interior space along the Masna Street
side of the building. Adjacent rooms have got cross-groin
vaults.
Architectural and Historical Development:
The building that stands today actually originated as two separate
structures that both date from the Gothic period. Some of the walls
from this period are well-preserved. The groin vaulted space in the
first floor hallway that exists today is a product of Renaissance
alterations. Classical renovations were made at the end of the 19th
century, after the fire of 1867. During these renovations the
facade of the building was heightened. The most recent alterations
were made to the building in the second half of the 20th
century.
History of the House Residents:
Building no. 144:
In the 16th century building number 144 belonged to a man by the
name of Svidle. The subsequent owners were Duchacek and his wife
Magdalena. In 1542 he sold the building to his son-in-law Jakub
Keglar, with the condition that Duchacek´s other son-in-law, who
lived in the building at that time, was allowed to remain in the
building until his death. Later the building was in the hands of
Blazky the shoe-maker, who sold the building to the tanner Hans
Weinling in 1551. In 1556 the building was sold to Michal Weinman
and his wife Walburz, who then sold the building in 1593 to the
tailor Jiri Funk. The last significant owners of the building in
the 16th century were the Krystof Neustetter family, who owned the
building from 1597-1610. In the 1640s, the building was inhabited
by the brewer Petr Peschl, who then sold the building to goldsmith
Matyas Wimer in 1648. From 1674-1714, bookbinder Ondrej Kunat and
his family lived here. They were followed by another bookbinder,
Pavel Neuhaus. From the year 1761, the building belonged to a
weaver named Leopold Gatscher and in the first half of the 19th
century, it belonged to the Krieger family.
Building no. 145:
According to written documents, the first known owner of building
no. 145 was Jan Jirku, in the beginning of the 16th century. The
building was later acquired from him by a butcher named Ondrasek.
In the year 1513 the building was bought by the Rosemberg
chancellor Václav z
Rovného for the widow Katerina Promarova. In exchange for this
building Václav received from the widow the building across the way
(Horní
No. 159) and it was here that he built a new chapel. Shortly
before her death, widow Promarova sold building no. 144 in 1543 to
Linhart Svarec. After Svarec´s death, the building was obtained in
1553 by his son-in-law, Sebastian Perger, who then lived in the
building with his wife Alzbeta. The Pergers however did not enjoy a
peaceful coexistence. They later decided that they could not live
together under one roof, separated from one another, and sold the
building in 1569 to stable master Jakub Mensik. He then sold the
building in 1570 to a tanner named Bartolomej Habensteir.
Subsequent owners of the building were Ambroz Attesser, also known
as Kurfirt, from 1582 and then Austrian shopkeeper Hans, whose
family lived in the building until 1620. In that year, Ondrej
Schisselkorb moved into the building and about five years later he
was replaced by a weaver named Mikulas Winkler. From 1649-1699, the
building belonged to the butcher Adam Pentzov, who also owned the
neighboring building Horní
No. 146. for a short time. When Pentzov sold building no. 146
in 1654, he kept the courtyard, the brewery and the stables, which
he had connected to building no. 145, for himself. From the year
1699, the building was inhabited by a saddler named Jan Prill, who
was succeeded in 1711 by carriage driver Eramus Lanser. From
1718-1757, town brewer Vit Daffel lived here. The gingerbread maker
Frantisek Fridla lived here until the end of the 18th century and
he was succeeded by Vaclav Langa, whose family lived here until
1821.
Present Use:
Hotel
Konvice, Restaurant Konvice