Ieud, Jud. Maramures
Ion Pleș's house from Ieud, dated in 1890, was rebuilt in the Village Museum in 1936. Coming from a scattered settlement from the valley of Ieudișor brook, it is representative for the folk architecture from Maramureș in the 19th century. Beside the house, in the yard one can see a series of annexes that illustrate the main occupations in the area, animal husbandry and agriculture: a barn with two stables, a hayloft with mobile roof, and a pigsty.
The household entry is through a monumental oak gate with richly ornated pillars, which has a double door from fir planks for animals and teams access, and a small gate for the people. Next to the gate there is a bench protected by a shingle roof, with socialising role. Here is also a shadoof fountain.
The house is built on a low base of river stones, with a three-side veranda with fretted parapet, and the walls made of fir beams, interlocked in dovetail joints. The very steep roof is covered with fir shingles and has a beautiful ridge of “crested larks” (the last row of shingles is cut in the shape of shrubs or human silhouettes).
The house plan has four rooms: a median foyer, without ceiling or windows, on the left the guest room (“the big house”), on the right the living room (“the small house”) and a pantry. In the “big house” the attention is drawn towards the large oven, raised on a wood socle and the richness of the fabrics made of natural dyed wool. The sculpted furniture, the objects made of wood, the icons painted on glass and the glazed ceramics are proof for both the owner's flourishing situation and his statute within the community.
