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Neowa (shingle-roof) House - 너와집 (built late 19th century onward)

This house, built in the early 20th century, sits near the local church at the center of Nari. It is the only neowa (shingle-roof) style house surviving on the island. The perimeter of the house was originally sheltered by walls made of corn stalks, but these were replaced with wooden walls sometime in the late twentieth century.

The house was constructed in the early twentieth century after a style that prevailed in the 1880s, when the first Korean settlers arrived on Ulleung-do from Gangwon province. The early settlers adapted their homes to the treacherous snow of Ulleung island by surrounding the entire house with a second wall of woven corn stalks, creating a sheltered corridor around the main rooms of the house. This second wall prevented snowdrifts from blocking entrances to the individual rooms, and also provided protection from the wind.

Address: 경북 울릉군 북면 나리 111-1번지 외.

(Designated Important Folk Cultural Property #256).

Plan

Basic plan of the house.
From on-site sketch by Timothy M. Ciccone, not to scale.

Location

The approximate location of the house is 37.520927' N, 130.870986' E (WGS 84 map datum).