Sandla

History

According to the annex to the 1756 map, the owner of the plot was Sandla, and the house was named Saksa. In the 1800 tax list, the owner of the plot is listed as Philip Wästerling, a bourgeois, and Leena Wästerling, a bourgeois widow. In addition to owning the house, Philip Wästerling also owned a field, a granary and a barn. Leena Wästerling also had some land.

Fire insurance

The fire insurance of the neighbouring property in 1863 shows that on the Anundilankatu side, at the northern end of the property, there was a small residential building and a few metres south of it an outbuilding.

Modification drafts

At the end of the 19th century, the house had two owners, and the plot was divided so that the building facing Vähämalminkatu and the small outbuilding in the middle of the plot belonged to one owner, while the building facing Anundilankatu and the outbuilding on the northern border of the plot belonged to the other.

In 1884, an alteration drawing was made for the building and outbuilding on the Anundilan side of the plot. The building along the street had previously housed a washroom, a sauna, a pantry and a dormitory, but now the washroom was to be converted into a hall, the pantry into a kitchen and the dormitory into a pantry. A plank porch was to be built in front of the entrance. The whole building was also to be raised, partly with hirrings and partly with boards. The fireplaces were shown on the plan to be placed in the centre of the building. The kitchen was to be fitted with a baking oven. The lining of the building was drawn in a classical style. The planking was wide, ribbed horizontal board. The windows were six-paned and the attic windows above them were two-paned.

The outbuildings included a lean-to, a shed and a barn. It was in a poor state of repair and was to be raised when it was renovated. It was also planned to extend the outbuilding with a lean-to, which would include a log lean-to, a board shed and a toilet block.

The modification of the residential building was carried out, but at least the gable part of the outbuilding was not built.

In 1887, a new alteration drawing was made. Before the alteration, the dwelling was a semi-detached house with a kitchen in the middle and a room on either side. Now another separate room was built. It was drawn slightly narrower than the rest of the building to prevent the well that was there from being buried under the building. The room had a tiled stove and its own entrance. The kitchen fireplace with a baking oven and the tiled stove in the second room had a common chimney at the gable end of the building. The tiled stove in the second room was in the corner of the room and had its own chimney, so the previous plan was not fully respected. According to the drawing of the building, the lower part had wide horizontal planking and the upper part smooth planking. The main picture showed vertical planking at the top, ending in a dovetail. The main window of the attic was marked as a lattice square.

The exterior building had a log-framed lean-to and a log barn, connected by a plank shed. The toilet was a separate small building. A small boardwalk shed was to be built on the eastern boundary of the property.

An alteration drawing was made in 1890 for the building on the side of Vähämalminkatu. The most important thing was to change the façade to a neo-renaissance style. However, the provincial architect made his own proposal for the exterior, which differed from the original design in terms of the window lining. The alterations were carried out in accordance with the architect’s instructions and the building was given its present appearance. The base of the building was a semi-detached house with access via a central kitchen. Behind the kitchen was a small chamber with large rooms on either side. At the other end of the building were two additional rooms, which in the late 19th century formed a separate room and kitchen apartment. Both entrances were fronted by plank windows. In 1899, a third porch was added to the side of the courtyard. At the same time, a small privy and shed building was added to the lot. In 1907, a new extension with a kitchen and hall was built on the site of the last porch.

In 1908, additions were planned for the building on Anundilankatu. The original plan was to add three new kitchens and three entrances on the courtyard side. In the end, however, only two were built. The building was given a narrow horizontal planking, T-shaped windows and a neo-renaissance style of panelling, although it does not exactly follow Arvi Leikari’s design, but is a little simpler.

At the same time, the exterior of the building received its east wing. In 1926, one of the stables was converted into a garage.

In 1976, the premises on Vähämalminkatu were converted into one apartment of just over 100 square metres. Two apartments were retained in the building on Anundilankatu. The other two apartments had been connected earlier. All apartments were equipped with toilets and washrooms and modern kitchens. A sauna was added to the outbuilding. The dwellings were heated by electricity, but the stoves were kept where they remained. The plan was drawn up by architect Leevi Nurmi.

Current situation

Building parallel to Vähämalminkatu
Elongated residential building, probably from the 1700s, neo-renaissance lining executed according to a corrected drawing by the county architect Helge Ranken in 1890, old vertical planking on the courtyard façade, raised when lined

Building facing Anundilankatu
Residential building, 1908 (Arvi Leikari), horizontal boarded, saddle roof

Exterior building
Outbuilding with stables, wood sheds, latrine and other facilities. Horizontal boarding.