Story of Restoration | Jánokyho kúria

The restoration of the manor is slow, step by step, and respects what has stood here for four hundred years.

A dilapidated stone house with flaking plaster, an old shingle roof and a fence by a dusty road — The manor seen from the street, before restoration and today.

The same house after restoration: exposed stone and brick surrounds, white window frames, a new red roof and a lawn — The manor seen from the street, before restoration and today.

An empty dilapidated room with two vaulted windows, a beamed ceiling, wooden cupboards and soil on the floor — The room before restoration and today.

The same room after restoration: two vaulted windows with white curtains, a new beamed ceiling, a crystal chandelier and antique furniture — The room before restoration and today.

An empty dilapidated room with white walls, a beamed ceiling, a bricked-up niche and yellow doors — The room before restoration and today.

The same room after restoration: a new beamed ceiling, crystal chandeliers, a niche with wooden shelves, antique seating and a round table with a lace tablecloth — The room before restoration and today.

A dark dilapidated hallway with an old wooden cupboard, a beamed ceiling, exposed bricks and open doors with a vaulted surround — The passage to the courtyard before restoration and today.

A vaulted stone portal with a view of the courtyard, tree branch shadows on the natural stone paving — The passage to the courtyard before restoration and today.

A dilapidated gánok with flaking plaster, old doors, window frames leaning against the wall and a crumbling path — The gánok before restoration and today.

The restored gánok with a stone surround, vaulted wooden doors, wicker armchairs and flowers on the terrace in front of green grass — The gánok before restoration and today.

Narrow dilapidated wooden stairs in a doorway, with old dark steps and a flaking surround — The stairs to the attic before restoration and today.

The restored wooden stairs behind open doors under the vault of the gánok, with potted flowers in front — The stairs to the attic before restoration and today.

What next

On such an old building there is always something to repair. The restoration never quite ends here; it is part of the life of the house.

We are gradually working on the courtyard too. We are reshaping the terrain so that the courtyard and the adjoining garden, with the remains of an old clay cart shed, come to life again.

The courtyard under landscaping, with sloping terrain, a timber terrace edge, the remains of a clay wall and old trees under a blue sky

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The restoration of Jánokyho kúria: before and after

Before and after

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