DOI Heft:
No. 134 April, (1908)
DOI Artikel:Peters, Wilhelm: Norwegian peasant architecture
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.28254#0135
Norwegian Peasant Architecture
ASSIZE HOUSE AT SUNDRE AALL, HALLINGDAL, BUILT BY JOLLEF
VILLAND DRAWN BY WILLIAM PETERS
contains all kinds of provisions, the national dry bread—in
large sheets, thin as paper, piled up from floor to ceiling—-
dried meat, bacon and ham often so old that it cannot be
used, all stored in enormous quantities.
A ladder leads up to the second story, which consists of a
room surrounded by a corridor. In this room are contained
stores of furs and dresses, enough for the whole life of every
member of the family. Large chests contain the more private
possessions of the different persons—great silver jugs, the
bridal crown and belt, and other things. A few beds are
placed here for guests, but as there is no fireplace the cold in
winter must be rather hard to endure. The exterior of the
loft is richly decorated with columns and carved framings on
the door, which occasionally shows some good ironwork.
In the dwelling-house proper a narrow entrance corridor
leads to a large room with raftered ceiling and an open
fireplace in the middle of the room, whence the smoke
ascends through a hole in the ceiling above—hence the name
“ Rogstue,” or smoke-room. As there
are no windows the only light entering
the room comes from the same hole
or through the open doorway. Behind
this principal room there are two small
sleeping chambers with flat ceilings,
the space between these and the
sloping roof above being used for
drying wood and sometimes as a
sleeping place. Over the fireplace is a
wooden dragon-shaped beam for hang-
ing the cooking pots. The entrance
is very low pitched and considerably
above the ground level, so that passing
in and out offers some difficulty. This
feature is probably a relic of the olden
ROMANIC DOOR OF A STORE-HOUSE IN
HALLINGDAL (ABOUT A. D. I300)
DRAWN BY WILLIAM PETERS
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ASSIZE HOUSE AT SUNDRE AALL, HALLINGDAL, BUILT BY JOLLEF
VILLAND DRAWN BY WILLIAM PETERS
contains all kinds of provisions, the national dry bread—in
large sheets, thin as paper, piled up from floor to ceiling—-
dried meat, bacon and ham often so old that it cannot be
used, all stored in enormous quantities.
A ladder leads up to the second story, which consists of a
room surrounded by a corridor. In this room are contained
stores of furs and dresses, enough for the whole life of every
member of the family. Large chests contain the more private
possessions of the different persons—great silver jugs, the
bridal crown and belt, and other things. A few beds are
placed here for guests, but as there is no fireplace the cold in
winter must be rather hard to endure. The exterior of the
loft is richly decorated with columns and carved framings on
the door, which occasionally shows some good ironwork.
In the dwelling-house proper a narrow entrance corridor
leads to a large room with raftered ceiling and an open
fireplace in the middle of the room, whence the smoke
ascends through a hole in the ceiling above—hence the name
“ Rogstue,” or smoke-room. As there
are no windows the only light entering
the room comes from the same hole
or through the open doorway. Behind
this principal room there are two small
sleeping chambers with flat ceilings,
the space between these and the
sloping roof above being used for
drying wood and sometimes as a
sleeping place. Over the fireplace is a
wooden dragon-shaped beam for hang-
ing the cooking pots. The entrance
is very low pitched and considerably
above the ground level, so that passing
in and out offers some difficulty. This
feature is probably a relic of the olden
ROMANIC DOOR OF A STORE-HOUSE IN
HALLINGDAL (ABOUT A. D. I300)
DRAWN BY WILLIAM PETERS
113