In the city estate of Rogozhina, two wings from the late 18th and early 19th centuries have been preserved, located along the boundaries of the site towards the Yauza River. These buildings not only shaped the courtyard space of the estate but also served important economic functions.
By 1806, the structure of the central part of the estate was mostly completed and recorded on a plan made for the Moscow merchant of the 1st guild, Pishchalnikov, who owned the estate since 1783. On this plan, the western wing, which is now building 2, is already marked. It was a stone building of square shape with a basement, built in the 1790s, and was likely used as a barn. Later, a wooden stable was added to it.
The western wing was destroyed in the Moscow fire of 1812 but was restored in 1817 in stone. Researchers suggest that vaulted basements were also laid at that time. After the fire of 1834, the wing was repaired but remained single-story. The second floor was added in 1864 when the new owners, the Ilyin brothers, significantly remodeled the building, removing the original cornice of the western facade and bricking up some windows.
In the 20th century, the wing was repeatedly remodeled and adapted for communal apartments. It is likely that windows were cut into the previously blank western facade for this purpose. In the late 1940s, the building underwent a major renovation that included significant re-planning of the second floor.
By the 2000s, like the main house of the estate, the western wing had become abandoned and nearly ruined: the roof was lost, inter-floor ceilings collapsed, and parts of the walls fell down. However, the classic wide arched niches of the first floor and a fragment of the original cornice on the southern end of the wing have been preserved. These elements are included in the protection of the building, as well as the pilasters on the eastern courtyard facade, the risalit on the southern facade, the inter-floor cornice, and the arched opening.
These details were restored during renovation work carried out in the first decade of the 21st century.
The western wing of the Rogozhina estate, like the main house, is a cultural heritage site of federal significance.
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