Środa Wielkopolska

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Manor in Koszuty - a historic manor in the village of Koszuty in the Greater Poland Voivodeship . It is now the seat of the Średzka Museum .

History
The manor was built around 1760, probably for Józef Zabłocki. It was built on a rectangular plan with corner alcoves. A one-story building with a residential attic, oriented at eleven o'clock, i.e. with the front elevation facing south, with a slight deviation to the east. Mansion built on a skeleton structure of larch, filled with clay, on an oak foundation with fragments of brick masonry: chimneys and a semi-circular projection of the living room. The main body of the manor house was covered with a mansard type broken roof. The alcoves were covered with domed roofs. Until 1902, the manor was covered with shingles, later with black tiles. In 1983, the roof was restored with shingle. In the 2nd half In the 19th century, a wooden veranda was probably added to the entrance door, which also emphasized the building's symmetry. The manor was plastered.

The main entrance led through the veranda and hallway to the representative oval salon, located centrally. Two rooms were placed on the right and left side of the hall and living room. In the gable parts of the building, two different alcoves (front and garden) were erected at various times along with inter- alcove extensions. The interior is arranged in a regular and symmetrical manner. In two rows of rooms ( routes ) internal communication was carried out in an enfilade arrangement. The treatment staircase was placed in the hallway. The rooms on the second floor repeat the symmetrical plan of the ground floor.

The current appearance of the manor is a consequence of the reconstruction carried out in 1902. The shape of the garden alcoves was changed and small frontal alcoves were added. The permanent exhibition "Small landed gentry in Wielkopolska" repeated functionally in terms of function. The exhibition rooms are equipped with furniture, everyday objects and paintings from the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries, reflecting the realities of the apartment from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.

In the vicinity of the manor there is an outbuilding probably dating from the mid-nineteenth century. It once housed a kitchen, guest rooms and an office.Read more