The Clergy House Complex of the Church of Saints Peter and Paul is a registered monument of wooden architecture in the center of Nizhny Novgorod, built in 1876–1888. It represents a unique surviving example of an urban residential estate of 19th-century clergy: both houses belonged to the clergy (ecclesiastical staff) of the Church of Saints Peter and Paul (All Saints' Church) located nearby.[1] The complex is entered in the Unified State Register of Cultural Heritage Objects of the Peoples of the Russian Federation: demolition is prohibited, and any construction work is permitted only on the basis of an approved project that has passed a state historical and cultural expert review.[2]
Description and Architecture
The complex is located at Granitny Lane, houses 7 and 9. The first house was built in 1876, the second in 1888.[2] Both buildings are wooden, executed in a unified style, and face the street's building line with their main façades.[1] The façades are designed in the style of academic eclecticism and are richly decorated with carved ornament: window surrounds with pediments, carved details beneath the pediments, carved jambs, and figured brackets supporting the crowning cornice.[1]
Historical Significance
The complex is of interest as an example of an urban residential estate of Orthodox clergy from the second half of the 19th century — one of the few such ensembles that have survived in the Historic Center of Nizhny Novgorod. An archival photograph from 1927, documenting the appearance of the buildings at that time, is preserved in the PastVu dated photograph database.[2]
Sources
- autotravel-nn.ru — Clergy House Complex of the Church of Saints Peter and Paul — Monument of Urban Planning and Architecture in Nizhny Novgorod
- medialike.ru — Nizhny Novgorod, Granitny Lane, 7 — Clergy House Complex of the Church of Saints Peter and Paul: what stood here before » MediaLike