Fara u kostela Sv. Václava, čp. 642, náměstí 14. října, Smíchov, Prague 5
Address:
Fara u kostela sv. Václava (vicarage building by the church of St. Wenceslas)
čp. 642, č.o. 17
Náměstí 14. října
Municipal district: Smíchov
Prague 5
Owners:
Arcibiskupství Pražské, Hradčanské nám. 16, č.p.56, Hradčany, Prague, 11800
Barvitius s. r. o., Nám. 14. října 17, č.p.642, Smíchov, Prague 5, 15000
Description of building:
The building is an immovable cultural site, recorded in the Central register of cultural sites under R.č.Ú.s. 1-2193 and is in the heritage site zone Smíchov, declared by HMP decree no.10/1993 Coll., on declaration of part of the territory of the capital city Prague as a heritage site zone and on determination of conditions for its protection.
The heritage site vicarage building was planned just like the church of St. Václav (St. Wenceslas) by the prominent 19th century designer Antonín V. Barvitie.
Smíchovské náměstí 14. října (14th October) was never fully urbanistically completed. Previously, another block development was supposed to connect to the vicarage, which is also shown by the fact that one of its walls was blind.
With regard to the very neglected state of the building it was necessary to get down to business and completely renovate it. Today it is a part of a new house, without being disturbed. This new building was valuated by the Klub za starou Prahu (Old Prague Club) as the best new building in the historical surroundings in 2003 (the prize was taken by Ateliér Cigler-Marani). The blind gable of the building was broken through into the hall, and the rear section of the vicarage, the two floors of which still serve their former purpose, in this way form part of the new building.
Success from the viewpoint of heritage site care:
The facade of this cultural site was completely renovated – grouting from facing bricks was cleaned and the stucco parts were completed and painted in shades determined on the basis of restorer research. The outer frames and wings of windows of the historical building were grained in the past and they were treated in the same way during the current complete renovation. One entrance door was restored, another former second door was destroyed in the floods of 2002 in the studio of the restorer, and therefore a replica was produced on the basis of preserved photographic records. Inside the vicarage a large part of the ceiling murals was saved. Preserved paintings in halls and fragments in corridors were professionally treated, secured and recorded. Also preserved and renovated was a historical winding staircase to the loft of the building. The railing on the main staircase of the vicarage building was also renovated on the basis of photographic records.