Khmer heritage house

HISTORY OF MS. BUN ROEURNG'S ANCIENT HOUSE

Lok Oknha NOU Pinet Phoeng and his wife, Mrs. Yin, had this a commander, but in Ms old age, he worked as a lawyer. Lok Oknha's wife was a homemaker. They had 7 children together: one son and six daughters. After Lok Oknha passed away, the house was occupied by the 6th daughters, Ms. NOU Yieng, and the 5th daughter, Mrs. NOU Phun and her spouse, named BUN Chuoy, who both are the parents of the present owners of the house. Therefore, this ancient house was occupied and maintained for three generations already.


This house measures 28 meters in length and 11.5 meters in width, and was constructed on a surface area of 5,450 square meters in Pet style (a kind of house), meaning that the house has verandahs (drying place) at the front and its two sides. The house has two staircases: the front staircase was made of concrete and the rear staircase was made of wood. The house roof was tiled with antique Naga-scale-shaped tiles, with no inside ceilings. The top portion of the roof was adorned with splendid artistic decors. The above part of the roof was made of Phcheuk wood (a type of very hard wood). The floor-board inside the house was built of Beng wood (a kind of very hard wood), and the floor-boards of the verandahs were made of Kakoh wood (another type of very hard wood). As for the walls, they were constructed of woven bamboo and plastered. The 36 pillars were all made of Phcheuk wood, and they are still strong up to today.

The said ancient house is divided into three parts:

1st part this part consists of the front and side verandahs.

2nd part: this part is the middle part of the house, which consists of a huge living room At the rear left side of the living room, there is a door leading to two bedrooms.

3rd part: in front of the two bedrooms, there is another door leading to a sided verandah and the wooden staircase. At the left side about 5 meters from the door, there is a kitchen.

In the Khmer Rouge regime, this house was used as a place for threshing rice, and storing heavy equipment, and as a common kitchen, which as a result damaged the back half of the house, which is the present kitchen.

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