The Vladimir chapel is located on the eastern outskirts of the village of Kukasovo-Pirzakovo, at the entrance to the settlement. It is situated on an elevation between two lakes and completes the view of the transit street, serving as a key architectural element of the village.
The chapel belongs to two-part, equally wide and high structures. It is a log building with five walls on a low foundation, including a prayer room and a vestibule.
The building is covered with a gable roof: above the prayer part, it is topped with a cross or dome, while above the vestibule, there is an octagonal bell tower.
Previously, a log porch with a western entrance and staircase was attached to the chapel. Illumination is provided by windows on the southern and northern sides.
The walls of the chapel are made of round logs "in the round," and inside they are fully hewn with rounded corners. The floor is made of planks laid perpendicular to the entrance, on one round beam.
The ceiling has undergone changes: initially, it was horizontal made of planks parallel to the entrance, but later it was replaced with an octagonal "sky" with triangular sails.
The windows have also changed: initially, they were three-post with joints "in the lap with shoulders," later they were increased in height and replaced with three-post with joints "in a quarter."
The walls of the vestibule are hewn "in the round" and mechanically connected to the main room, and inside they are also hewn with rounded corners. The floor of planks is parallel to the entrance, and the ceiling made of boards "in the joint" is also parallel to the entrance.
To the left of the entrance in the vestibule, there used to be a staircase of eight steps leading to the attic and bell tower. The windows and doors of the vestibule belong to the second construction period.
Outside, the chapel is clad with horizontal profiled boards on wrought nails with a rectangular cornice.
The roof has also been changed: initially, it was a male-female "by hens and streams," but during reconstruction, it became male-female with rafters inserted every one to three logs, with a nailed roof made of two layers of boards "by hens" without hooks and with a cornice beam.
The Vladimir chapel from the village of Kukasovo-Pirzakovo, built in the 18th-19th centuries, is a valuable historical and architectural object due to the preservation of the planning solution and traces of two construction periods, as well as its important role in the architectural composition of the village.
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