The church was built in 1807 according to the design of the Vyatka provincial architect F.M. Roslyakov. The bell tower was added in the mid-19th century, and probably at that time the refectory was also expanded. The temple is located on the outskirts of the village, in a square open to the Kama River. The layout is close to a three-part structure: the church with a semicircular apse, a spacious refectory, and a protruding bell tower connected to the refectory by a narthex are all aligned.
The church is designed in the "octagon on a square" style and topped with a dome with lucarnes, on which there is a small octagon with a cupola. The square has two lights; the arched windows of both tiers are located between light projections of the wall. The lower windows are adorned with keystones, while the upper ones have flat sandriks "suspended" to the window sills. Above the second tier of windows runs a double profiled belt and a cornice with dry loaves, which are also repeated at the top of the octagon. The windows of the octagon and the refectory are placed in rectangular recesses. The refectory is distinguished by original "flying buttresses" diagonally attached to the beveled corners.
The bell tower consists of three tiers; the first two tiers have a quadrangular shape with arches framed by pilasters and pointed archivolts. The third tier is octagonal, clad in iron, and topped with a tent roof with kokoshniks at the base. Inside, above the temple space, there is an octagonal dome with a lantern, which has preserved remnants of blue paint "under the sky". The transition from the square to the octagon is decorated with trompes and a cornice with dry loaves and modillions. In the intercolumniations and under the windows are located stucco cartouches of various designs; the central cartouche on the western wall stands out with sharp and curved outlines and a medallion inside. Some cartouches have preserved half-erased images of saints. The refectory is three-nave, four-pillar, but the interior decoration has been lost.
The foundation is rubble, the walls are brick, the roof is iron, and the floors are wooden. Around the church, a brick fence on a stone base has partially survived, on the western side of which there are two buildings: one square, the other rectangular, intended for the funeral of the deceased. Both have blind brick walls with false windows, only the northwestern booth has a small window and the only entrance from inside the fence.
Dimensions of the building: length 54.5 m, width of the bell tower 8 m, refectory 21 m, church 14 m, apse 10.5 m.
This monument is interesting as an example of a cult building in the early classicism style and stands out with unique structural elements, such as flying buttresses.
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