Farm Structure with cellar, Staro Selo
Sirogojno, Serbia
This structure provides a lower space to serve as a cellar (podrum), for brandy casks and root storage, or housing for small animals. The upper level was used to store tools and to age cheese. The stone base, built into the earth provides a cooler space in the summer and warmer space in the winter. The timber and plank construction is topped with a timber and wooden purlin roof structure with a straw (slama) roofing. The double finials and eave pins aid in stabilizing the straw roofing materials. (photo 1987)
