Today we
attended a cousin’s marriage at Kanchipuram and on way back, we passed the
temple town (yes, Kanchipuram has number of temples to call alike) which is
about 72 km from Chennai. Being an ancient town I find many old buildings and
most of them are residential houses. But I couldn’t capture many of them as we
kept moving, except this one taken at a brief halt.
I was fascinated
by this house in colonial style of architecture where pillars supporting the veranda
and balcony that has wonderfully designed rails that resemble wooden material. At
ground floor the veranda is protected by vertical grilles framed in wood and
the door also has a similar work with bottom covered by plank. Unlike many old houses
I have seen with the year of build etched on the house facade, I am blank at
the year this must be built. But I observed the house belongs to a teacher, perhaps
due to the board I read (tuition center) outside the house.
Linking this post for Good Fences run by Run a Round Ranch
9 comments:
That is very nice! Never seen such balcony. Very interesting. #Goodfences.
Very unique home. I like the upper railing very much.
wow! old beauty!
Unique upper floor.
So very beautiful!
Looks very ancient. Breeze is not affected along with protection with these types of grills. Nice.
That's an interesting capture! Old buildings are indeed fascinating, they have this mysterious aura around them.
I like that ancient house.
So very beautiful. Remembering our house which had 13 rooms and it's a kalyana mandapam now :)
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