Stračov Castle, Château in Stračov, Czech Republic

Stračov Castle is a Neoclassical two-winged, single-storey building with a hipped roof, standing on the west side of the village square. Its east façade facing the square has eight window axes and two storeys. It was rebuilt in this form in 1800 from an older manor, later raised by one floor and in 1935 reduced again by one.

A fortress in Stračov was damaged during the peasant uprisings of 1775, and the village centre was long dominated by a Baroque manorial farm. In 1797 the Prague burgher Prokop Kern bought the estate and in 1800 had the farm rebuilt as a Neoclassical château. In 1838 the widow Barbora Kernová sold it for 135,000 guilders to František Arnošt Harrach, who added a storey and used it before moving to Hrádek u Nechanic. In 1935 J. Fišer had it lowered by one floor.

The Kern family bought the estate in 1797 and had the baroque manor rebuilt as a classicist château in 1800; the Harrachs, who acquired it in 1838 for 135,000 gold coins, added a floor and used it as a temporary seat before moving to Hrádek u Nechanic. Since 2006 the building has housed an antique dealership and sales gallery, so the interiors are now seen among displayed antiques rather than period furnishings.

The château stands on the west side of the village square in Stračov, its eight-axis east façade facing the square. Since 2006 it has been owned by an antiques company and serves as a sales gallery, so visits depend on the gallery's opening. The building is a one-storey, two-wing structure with a hipped roof.

In 1935 the owner J. Fišer planned to demolish the dilapidated building, but the heritage office forbade it; he then had it lowered by one storey. Since 2006 the castle has belonged to Castle Stracov s.r.o., an antiques firm that restored it and runs it as a sales gallery.