Olomouc City House, Baroque house in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic

Olomouc City House stands on a slope above Nová louka at Husovo náměstí 297/6 in Karlovy Vary. The two-storey Baroque timber-framed house has an attic, a gabled roof with a lean-to at the rear, and a modern terrace annex on its north side. Inside, an original Baroque timber frame survives, and a barrel-vaulted cellar with three Prussian vaults is reached through preserved Neoclassical doors.

The house was built in the first half of the 18th century; its present facade dates from a remodelling at the beginning of the 20th century. It was listed as a cultural monument on 20 January 2009 under register number ÚSKP 103427. In 2014 it was recorded in the Karlovy Vary urban heritage zone regeneration programme with a satisfactory condition rating.

The house name refers to Olomouc, a Moravian city far from Karlovy Vary, a naming habit common among spa-town houses. The ground floor and upper floor show modern, purely illusory half-timbering, while the original Baroque timber frame survives inside. A half-column with abacus and ring, covered by a lean-to roof, stands beside the main entrance.

The house stands on a slope above Nová louka and Mariánskolázeňská Street at Husovo náměstí 297/6, in the Karlovy Vary monument zone. It has entrances on both the south and north sides. The building is set into rock and has no foundations, so the timber framing on the west side was reinforced with internal masonry.

The house is wedged into rock and has no foundations, so the timber framing on its west side was reinforced with internal masonry. Beside the main entrance stands a half-column with abacus and ring under a lean-to canopy, and the original historicist entrance door survives.