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Mand Karo Wooden House No.3

Azad Jammu and KashmirBuildingProtected
This house of Khawaja Seri is square in plan having four stories. Ground story is reserved for sheltering cattle. First story used as living area. Second story used for guests and third floor is used as a storeroom to save food items for winter season. Ground story consists of a big hall. It has only one door with galleries on front and eastern side. From the left gallery a staircase leads up to first story. First story of the house has three rooms and a kitchen. All the rooms are used as living area. Galleries (portico) are present on east and south side of the first floor. Kitchen of the house has three doors and a window. Two doors are leading to the living rooms. Room has one door and a window. Room 2 and 3 are equal in size and design. Room 2 has two doors and a window. One door opens in the gallery (portico) and the other door opens in the kitchen. Room 3 has one door and a window. It has a washroom in south-west corner. The washroom has a wooden door and is supported by pillars. Outside the eastern gallery a staircase leads up to 2nd story which is equal in size with 1st story. It has four rooms. 1st room is used as bedroom. It has one window and three doors. Two doors are leading to other rooms. Room two is used as prayer room It has one door and a window. Room 3 has two windows and two doors. Room 4 has one window and a door. It has also galleries (portico) on south and east sides. There is a staircase in the south gallery leading up to the top story which is used as a storeroom for storing food and other important family possessions.
Record ID
6717
Province / territory
Azad Jammu and Kashmir
District
Neelum
Typology
Monument
Subtype
Building
Period
Historic
Legal status
Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
Coordinates
34.67378, 73.90317 — source-provided, not field-verified
Verification status
source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
Sources
Khan, Ashraf, Ghani-ur-Rahman. (2020). Threat to the Cultural Heritage of Pakistan Survey and Documentation of Tangible and Intangible Heritage of Azad Jammu & Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan. Taxila Institute of Asian Civilizations, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 2020.

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