Bishop’s Residence

OBJECT DESCRIPTION

The building is part of the Annunciation Cathedral Complex.

The Bishop’s Residence was built in 1829 to the south-east of the Annunciation Cathedral on the site of the previous bishop’s house, which burned down in 1815. The two-storey brick house served as the residence of the highest Orthodox clergy.

The building is rectangular in shape, with a hip roof (four slopes; the end slopes are triangular) and plastered walls. Three expanded rhizoliths adjoin the building on the eastern side, arranged symmetrically relative to the central rhizolith, which housed the chapel. The building’s facades are designed in the style of late classicism.

During Soviet times, the third floor was constructed. The first floor of the house is decorated in French rustication, with wedge-shaped lintels above the windows and a protruding keystone. The windows on the second floor are modestly framed with profiled architraves and window ledges.

To date, the house has been restored, as has the attic (decorative wall above the ledge) on the front facade. The building now serves as an administrative facility.