The Lyzohub Stone House in Sedniv is the oldest masonry residential building in Left-Bank Ukraine, an architectural monument of national significance. It stands in the park of the Lyzohub estate on the edge of a high bank of the Snov, next to the Voskresenska Church. The building was erected in 1690 for Chernihiv Colonel Yakiv Lyzohub.
A house with two halves, only made of brick
The stone house was built by the same guild of craftsmen as the Nativity of the Theotokos Church in Sedniv. The building is single-story, on a high basement with a cellar, rectangular, symmetrical, with five rooms. In its layout, it is an evolution of the traditional Ukrainian house with two halves. The rooms are connected by an enfilade and covered with barrel and cloister vaults. Remains of stove heating and numerous niches in the walls have survived. A hideout — a chamber with two niches — was arranged in the basement under the porch.
The high gable roof with triangular pediments was originally covered with shingles. The walls feature deep arched window niches and a modest cornice.
The tower painted by Shevchenko
In the second quarter of the 19th century, instead of the porch on the main facade, a tower with buttresses, Gothic windows, and decorative battlements was added. It was precisely in this form that Taras Shevchenko painted the stone house in 1846 when he was a guest of the estate's then-owner Andriy Lyzohub. In 1930, the monument was thoroughly studied and measured by Stefan Taranushenko.
During the years of the Second World War, the building was partially destroyed; restoration was completed in 1967. Later, a beer bar was opened in the stone house, which outraged the public, and after its closure, the building remained neglected and fell into decay. In 2001, it was restored again, and in recent years, cultural life has revived in the stone house.
How to get there
The stone house stands in the center of Sedniv, in the Lyzohub Park, 25 km from Chernihiv. Nearby are the Voskresenska Church and the St. George's Wooden Church.
