STR_071

Address: Patmou 12 The house is located on the north edge of the Strovolos historic core. The building dates back to the period of 1935-1940. It was built in 1937, according to DLS. It is of neoclassical style and has the main features of the vernacular buildings of its time such as visible stone carved elements in the masonry, floors with painted cement tiles, traditional-looking windows and a tile roof with a hipped timber structure. On the exterior, the yard has a surrounding stone wall while there is also a well with a metal pump. At the south-east side there is a veranda with a carved stone peristyle. The typology of internal spaces is the typical for neoclassical buildings – central sun room, surrounding rooms, and kitchen and sanitary facilities on the north side. Carved stone is the dominant material of the house. It is visible at the frames of the openings, at the base, top and corners of the building, at the parapets and at the columns of the veranda. Most of the walls are coated with gravel stone, while on the interior there are some thin wooden walls. The roof is tiled with venetian tiles and wooden finishing. The gutter is of traditional form. The interior ceilings are made of plaster using the ‘bagdati’ or ‘wattle and daub’ technique. The exterior doors have shutters while the northern one is a plank door. The interior doors are the typical for the period, with shutter, glass and partitions. The windows have blinds and interior frames. At the floors of the veranda and some interior spaces, there are painted 20x20 cm cement tiles. In the bedrooms, there is wooden plank floor while in the auxiliary spaces, there are single-coloured cement tiles and continuous cement. The exterior space of the property remains intact. There is an eastern stone-paved path a well with a traditional metallic water pumping mechanism, a southern stone wall with columns and railing. Also, the original vegetation is preserved, that includes a very large old pine tree as well as other endemic trees and plants. A number of alterations have been made to the building, which are all reversible. In particular, the interior ceilings have been covered with a new ceiling made of acoustic tiles, some floors have been covered with plastic flooring and a northern door has been replaced with an aluminium one. The owner of the house has asked, in 2019, for it to be included in the catalogue of listed buildings.