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Address: Prodromou 10 & Megalou Alexandrou The building was constructed in the interwar period (in 1934, according to DLS). It was originally used as a residence and consisted of a hall, five rooms, a cellar, a small cooking area, a sanitary space, two verandas a laundry room and a covered area in the yard. External and internal walls are made of adobe, the load bearing structure is made of stone and the roof is made of wood and tiles. The property is a listed building since 1992. Around 2000, the building was renovated and its use was changed to offices. Τhe renovation consisted of a general maintenance of the building as well as internal and external conversions that included changes in floors, walls, roofs and frames. The exterior stone walls were cleaned, repaired, maintained and completed and then, restored to their original form. New interior and exterior plaster coatings were constructed. The floors, frames and other morphological elements were maintained and restored according to the standards of traditional architecture. In the interior, a part of the existing traditional masonry wall on the northeast auxiliary wing was demolished and a new wall was constructed to create kitchen, bathroom and shower areas. Roof works included the reconstruction and modification of the roof on the east-rear part of the main building and on the northeast wing. During this process, the original tiles were removed and only the non-damaged ones were put back along with new tiled similar to the original. On the southeast auxiliary building, the small external room was demolished and, on its place, a new shower room was constructed. Other exterior works included the construction of new steps at the entrance of the building, the modification of external openings to the plot’s yard and the widening of the existing opening of the plot’s surrounding wall In 2009 the use of the building was changed once more, becoming a private language school.