Pernštýnské náměstí 3 House

Pernštýnské náměstí 3 is a remarkable house that stands in the northern front of the houses on Pernstein Square in Pardubice. It's an important element of the city conservation. There are Gothic cellars and arched spaces. The house was remodeled after a fire that destroyed the city in 1538. Details such as terracotta lining and portals in the interior have been preserved from this reconstruction.

The house was built before the Pernstejns' arrival in Pardubice as their headquarters and from the beginning served as a jatlava (in the cellar). The facade is made in green and grey colours - green surfaces and grey architectural elements (stucco decoration). The saddle roof is oriented perpendicular to the facade and covered with bombers.

The house was also called the Shishovkovsky house or St. Wenceslas house. The facade is divided by three pilasters - two extreme and one medium. The edge pilasters are carried by volute headers located in the surface of the rustic ground floor under the cordon ledge, medium grows behind the figure of St. Wenceslas. The three pilasters, stylized by Corinthians, are finished.

The Baroque shield attracts its distinctive decoration. It has a wavy contour framed by a well-shaped ledge, covered with overalls and closed at the edges and in the middle with binders with festons. On the edges there are double pilasters, the middle field has on each side one pilaster, which frames a blind oval window with a profiled shampoo, yoke and festons in the upper half. Festons are also placed above the window and fill in the excess part of the shield.

The ground floor is slightly extended and divided by engraved block rustic. There are two segmented arched portals, the right wider form the entrance to the house, the lower left is used as an interpreter. Fillings are modern combining wood and glass.

The late Baroque facade is decorated with stucco relief from the year 1799 by Jakub Warm, depicting St. Wenceslas. The house is functionally connected to the neighboring town hall building. On the ground floor and cellar there is a Mazhaus Gallery, where not only professional artists, but also amateur artists, schools and non-profit organisations are exhibited. Upper floors are used as office spaces.

The house is remarkable with its architectural style and history. It is an important element of the city conservation and is worth a visit.