Na Perštýně 15, Neoclassical house in Perštýn, Liberec, Czech Republic.
Dům U pelikána is a two-storey late-Baroque to Neoclassical townhouse at Na Perštýně 243/15-IV in Liberec IV-Perštýn, built in 1803 and topped by a mansard roof with an attic. It stands somewhat isolated on the sloping Perštýn hill, and a pelican relief with spread wings sits on the central risalit above the entrance.
The house was built in 1803 for the dyer Andreas Altmann to a design by the local builder Jan Karel Kuntz (1769–1806), son of the architect Jan Josef Kuntz. Rudolf Wichera bought it in 1923 and rebuilt it, replacing the shingle roof with slate. After 1945 the ground-floor shop closed and the house was declared a protected monument.
The house takes its name from a relief of a pelican with spread wings on the central risalit above the entrance; below it is a medallion with the initials R. W., for architect Rudolf Wichera, who bought and rebuilt the house in 1923. Part of the building is now used by a secular Franciscan order that administers the parishes of the Liberec-Rochlice deanery from here.
The house stands somewhat apart on the sloping Perštýn hill, away from the old town centre, because of large-scale demolitions in the area in the second half of the 20th century. It is reached via Na Perštýně street in Liberec IV-Perštýn.
The house takes its name from a relief of a pelican with spread wings above the entrance, on the central risalit. Beneath it is a medallion with the initials R. W., referring to architect Rudolf Wichera, who bought and rebuilt the house in 1923.
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