Description of the attraction
The abbot's building with the house Vasilievskaya church is located on the territory of the Murom Spassky monastery. It is located on the west side of the Transfiguration Cathedral.
The rector's building with the house church of St. Basil, Bishop of Ryazan was built in 1687 at the expense of Metropolitan Barsanuphius of Sarsk and Podonsk, and a new Intercession Church was built at his own expense in 1691. The abbot's building was a two-storey stone house, at the bottom and at the top of which there were living rooms, with stone basements and vaults.
Due to its dilapidation, the abbot's house was unoccupied for a long time, until wooden cells were built for the abbot's premises, in which the abbots lived. In 1885, the old stone house was repaired: the vaults, which were dangerous and did not give warmth in winter, were brought out in new places; the walls were plastered inside; reworked windows, doors, stoves, floors. The lower floor has also been radically redesigned.
The next reconstruction was carried out after the transfer of the monastery to the Russian Orthodox Church in 1996, the new home church of the abbot's building, located in the northern wing of the second floor, was consecrated on June 22, 1996 by Archbishop Eulogius of Vladimir and Suzdal in honor of St. Basil, Bishop of Ryazan.
Currently, the Abbey building is a two-story brick building. In plan it has a rectangular shape. Made in very modest architectural forms. Platbands made of profiled bricks are also uncomplicated.
The architectural value of the Rector's building of the Transfiguration Monastery is that it is the only civilian building of the 17th century preserved in Murom, which allows one to present the architecture of residential buildings of the wealthy class of the city.
