Wierchomla Wielka Croft

It is a middle-class, multi-building croft from the western Lemko region dating from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. The homestead includes a cottage, an outbuilding, and a detached pigsty. In the yard is a well with a spinning wheel and a fruit drying room. The cottage has no chimney and is built of fir logs; it has a high three-sided roof covered with shingles. The gable end is decorated with a so-called ‘koszyczek’ ( ‘small basket’) that covers the smoke opening. The cottage has a central hallway, a kitchen (on the left), and an elegant room (on the right). The interior is furnished to resemble a residence of a middle-class farmer from the Sącz Lemko region in the early years of the 20th century. The kitchen is the main living and farming room. There is a kitchen corner and a large stove without an outlet for the smoke. On the other side of the kitchen is a sleeping area with a bed, a hanging cradle above it, and a perch for daily clothing. Behind the bed is a separate corner for a cow, which would be brought into the house during harsh winters. The chamber to the right is the presentable, elegant room. The heating stove’s hearth is in the entry room so as not to fill the room with smoke. The objects in the room are beautiful examples of old country furniture: a solid table with a shape reminiscent of Renaissance furniture, an ornamental bench moved closer to the bed with a movable backrest, which made it possible to extend the sleeping space, a decorative ‘ramik’, i.e., a shelf for bowls and pots, and painted chests. On a pole above the bed hangs a linen comforter in duvet covers made from printed navy-blue cloth, which was also commonly used in the Goral regions to make skirts and aprons. On the wall opposite the entrance is a row of oleographs relating to Eastern Christianity. The outbuilding dates from the early 20th century. Its gabled roof is very steep and reaches almost to the ground. Inside, there is a boarded ‘liściarnia’, stables for cows and oxen, a threshing floor, and a sheepfold. Along the rear wall of the building is a narrow, dark storage area for chaff. In addition, there is also a two-room pigsty and a storeroom for agricultural tools in the attic.


 
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