Escaleras - History Lab https://historylab.es Thu, 19 May 2022 15:14:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Escaleras - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Masonry staircase to access a chamber. Encina Hermosa (Albacete) https://historylab.es/masonry-staircase-to-access-a-chamber-encina-hermosa-albacete/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=masonry-staircase-to-access-a-chamber-encina-hermosa-albacete Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:31:03 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/escalera-de-mamposteria-para-acceder-a-una-camara-encina-hermosa-albacete/ Popular architecture. Photograph of a masonry staircase used to access a chamber in a perched house, located in Encina Hermosa, near Lezuza (Albacete)

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]]> During the Modern Age, the most basic types of dwellings were the tiled house and the casemented house; what was the difference? While the former only consisted of a ground floor, the latter had another structure in the form of a chamber or first floor. In the latter case, access could be either inside or outside the main core of the home: through a courtyard. The stairs could be made of hand or masonry. The photograph, from the site of Encina Hermosa (Albacete), shows an example of the latter. It is a solid staircase with a stone and mud base, plastered in later periods with cement. At the top of the staircase there is an entrance door to the chamber with a hinge, knocker and eaves made of flared tiles. In the lower part there is a window with glass panes and an iron grille for protection.
Despite its sobriety, the strength of the structure was essential to ensure its durability, especially given the importance of the chamber in modern times, when it was used as a storehouse for grain, farm implements and household goods.

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