Pildola

History

Plot 124 belonged in 1800 to the bourgeois Joh. Qvarnberg. He also owned a field, a meadow, a reef and a barn, as well as a food shed and two barns.

Fire insurance

The fire insurance was taken out in 1892 by Samuel Nordman, a sailor. There was an old main building on Eteläpitkäkatu, but in 1891 it had been thoroughly renovated, boarded up, painted with oil paint and covered with an asphalt shingle roof. The building had four living rooms, a kitchen and two porches. The outbuilding opposite the main building, on the northern boundary of the plot, was partly log and partly plank. This was also old, but had been repaired in 1888 and painted with water-based paint. The roof was boarded. There were a barn, a stable and four sheds. The gate was reported to have a separate pedestrian gate in addition to a drive gate.

Modification drafts

The alteration drawing for the plot dates from 1884. Along Eteläkatu there was a residential building with three chambers, two hallways and a baker’s pantry. The building was to be raised, the dwelling made into a hall, and the kitchen separated from the hallway which extended through the building. A window was made on the street side, as planned. The courtyard door of the chamber at the eastern end of the building was converted into a window, and the entrance was arranged in the passage between this building and the building on the neighbouring plot, which was converted into a boarded-up terrace. Two porches will be built on the courtyard side. The exterior building line is on the northern boundary of the plot. It has a two-storey thatched barn, a couple of sheds and an old, dilapidated barn. The plan now was to replace the shed at the east end next to the barn and to cover it with the fence under the same roof. The barn and the second shed will be demolished and replaced by a low, pitched roofed section with a couple of sheds and a latrine.

The buildings of Pildola were modified in 1928, with drawings by M. Isaksson. The owner of the house was a carpenter who used to buy a dilapidated building and renovate it. He then sold the building to the new owner. When the house sold, he and his family moved into the next dilapidated house. Before the renovation, the building was very low and had six-pane windows. The appearance of the building changed when it was given a new high plinth and new T-shaped windows were added at the bottom to the top of the old windows. The lining of the building changed from Custavian to 1920s classicism. Even after the change, it was very simple. The small plot did not allow for much additional building, but when the porches were replaced with high-ceilinged extensions, one of them could accommodate not only two entrances but also a kitchen. The second porch was also replaced. There were two kitchens, where there had previously been only one. The baking oven was abandoned. Part of the base of the building was reused and the bottom was dug below street level. The outbuilding still needed cattle sheds, both stable and barn, in addition to a latrine and two sheds.

In 1961, the former barn was converted into a sauna with a combined steam room, washroom and dressing room. A bath was also wanted in the sauna. In 1962, renovations were planned for the residential building. Toilets were installed in three apartments and the kitchens were modernised.

In 1982, the apartments were combined into a single apartment with a bathroom and a warm loft space. In addition to a sauna and a carport, a workshop was added to the outbuilding on the site of the former garage. The space became a storage room.

Current situation

Residential building
Short-cornered residential building, new stone foundation and stucco lining c.1928 (Maurus Isaksson)

Outbuilding
Exterior building of board

Gate and fence
Renovated to early 20th century type.