Manor House (Abramtsevo) | museum, mansion / manor house / villa, 18th century construction

 museum, mansion / manor house / villa, 18th century construction

One-storey Manor House, built in the late 18th century is one of a few preserved buildings of the Russian wooden classicism. Its primary symmetrical silhouette is easily viewed even now, in spite of multiple renovations. This is the oldest building of the estate. The eastern façade of the house opens onto the park, the western one with two porches – to the courtyard. The right porch, the main one, leads to the entrance hall, anteroom and a dining room, the left porch was used by servants. The main enfilade including a hall, a reception room and a bedroom stretched along the eastern façade while the western everyday enfilade consisted of living rooms for the members of the family. These two parts of the house were interconnected by a corridor. The staircase from this passage lead to the two-room mezzanine, attached to the house after 1797.

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