Description of the attraction
The estate of A. N. Vitova is located in the very center of the city. It occupies a rectangular area that stretches into the depths of the quarter. At the beginning of the 20th century, the estate belonged to the manufacturer A. N. Vitov.
In 1903, on the basis of an old building dating back to the second half of the 19th century, Vitov built the main house; in the same period, an outbuilding was being built. All outbuildings on the territory of the estate also belong to the beginning of the 20th century.
The main house and the wing with their facades overlook Lenin Avenue. Between them is the entrance to the courtyard, which has a perimeter building. On the southern border of the estate there are services, and opposite the services there is an outbuilding, the courtyard from the east is closed by a stable with a carriage shed.
The estate of A. N. Vitova is a rather rare example of an urban manor house of the early 20th century, which has well preserved its original appearance. All buildings are in the spirit of eclecticism with a predominance of elements of the classical style of architecture. Today the territory of the estate is occupied by an ambulance station.
The main house of the estate is a two-storey brick building with a basement, plastered and painted in two colors. The building is distinguished by the harmony of proportions, literacy and restraint of the decor. The L-shaped volume, slightly elongated into the courtyard, is covered with a hip roof. Decorative curbstones and an attic rise above the edge of the roof from the street side. The main facade of the building has an asymmetrical composition. The longer part of the building, with a regular rhythm set by five window openings, is balanced on the left by a projection, which is emphasized, like the corners of the house, with rusticated shoulder blades. The facades of the house are surrounded by a wide interfloor belt, which includes window boards on the second floor and a cornice with brackets in time with the rhythm of the window openings. The platbands of the windows on the first floor are with keystones, and the upper ones - with an onion sandrick and in the form of a cornice.
In the interior of the main house, the central place is occupied by a vestibule with a staircase. All other rooms are grouped around it. From the interior decoration of the building, rusticated walls in the lobby, figured cast balusters of the stairs, paneled doors, and fragments of plaster rods on the ceilings have been preserved.
The wing is a two-story brick building. It is rectangular in plan, and, like the main house, ends with a hip roof. A one-story volume was added to it in the late 1990s. The walls are painted in two colors. The composition of the facades (street and courtyard) is symmetrical. Symmetry on the main façade is emphasized by an attic and corner pedestals. Above the entrance to the outbuilding, there used to be a forged bow-shaped umbrella, held on to figured brackets. The interfloor wide belt that completes the cornice and platbands are close to the decor of the main house.
The internal layout of the outbuilding is traditional and includes a vestibule with a staircase located in the center and living rooms on its sides. The stair railing is decorated with cast balusters. The paneled doors have been preserved from the old times.
The building of services is a one-storey brick, lengthened by a later extension from the east. On the right flank of the northern facade, the rectangular volume of the building has a risalit, which is marked by a higher roof with a gable of an attic window. The corners of the risalit and the building are fixed with rusticated blades, the windows - with sandrids and frame platbands. Other walls of the building are dismembered with blades and rectangular windows.
A stable with a carriage shed is a one-story brick building, whitewashed along the facades, with a gable roof. The rectangular volume complicates the east wing that extends beyond the courtyard. The main facade is asymmetrical. It is dismembered by the blades into unequal spinners, where wide openings of the gates and windows of different sizes are located. The lintels of all openings are emphasized by jagged edges. The crowning cornice is equipped with a cantilever belt.
The outbuilding is a one-storey brick building. Its walls are plastered and then painted. The main facade is dissected by high openings with arched lintels emphasized with the help of masonry. The crowning cornice consists of several shelves.
