The settlement of Kirekhot no longer exists, but the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary with chapels in honor of John Chrysostom and Nicholas the Wonderworker has survived to this day. The stone church was built in 1839 by Lieutenant Colonel Ivan Venediktovich Kruglikov on the site of his father-in-law Sergey Ivanovich Vlasyev's burial. The gravestone of landowner Vlasyev has been preserved. His wealthy estate was located near the village of Alexeyevskaya, now part of the Tutayev municipal district. The main building of Vlasyev's estate was constructed in the style of the Mikhailovsky Palace in St. Petersburg, surrounded on one side by a high wall and on the other by a wide moat. The estate contained many items of cultural and historical value. By the end of the 19th century, the estate house had fallen into disrepair, and its furnishings had been taken away. In the early 20th century, a painting by Russian artist Pimen Orlov titled 'Boy with a Hoop' was discovered in one of the neighboring villages and was transferred to the Russian Museum.
The surviving church in Kirekhot consists of three volumes of varying sizes: a cubic base, a refectory, and a bell tower. The base is cubic in shape and topped with a single dome. A rotunda is located on the base. On the southern side, the entrance has been widened for tractor access. The three-tiered bell tower is designed in the style of an octagon on a square base, with a cylinder on top of the octagon. This combination is not found elsewhere in Danilov's church architecture. The bell tower adjoins the refectory without any wall cutting, which likely indicates that they were built at different times. The walls of the bell tower and refectory are decorated with rustication.
Previously, the church and the adjacent cemetery were surrounded by a stone fence, which has not survived.
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