Regent's House (House N° 2 in Wallenstein Square) / Dum c.p. 2 na Valdštejnove námestí - Jicín (East Bohemia) - Pre-Victorian Historic Homes on Waymarking.com

Burgher house N° 2 in Wallenstein Square (Regent's House / Regentský dum; dum c.p. 2 na Valdštejnove námestí), with preserved Gothic-Renaissance elements, is an important and valuable proof of the complex architectural development of the center of Jicín.

The current Regent's House consists of two buildings, the older and main-north with a facade to Valdštejn Square and the rear-south at Lindnerova and Smirických streets. In both cases, these are two-storey brick buildings. The main façade to Wallenstein Square consists of a pair of semicircular arcades on the ground floor and four window axes on the first floor (two pairs of combined windows). The floor is separated from the ground floor by a cordon ledge with three pilasters bearing drip-molding and an attic. Above the windows are window ledges. The roofs are hipped and saddle, the ridge of the roof of the main northern building is parallel to Smirických Street. The house has preserved older medieval cellars. Originally, there were two houses and a brewery on the plot, later was everything merged into one structure. The house was significantly rebuilt twice in the Renaissance style by the regent of the Smirický of Smirice noble family demesne, Jeroným Bukovský of Neudorf, in the last quarter of the 16th century and then again in the 1620s. Jeroným entered the service of Albrecht of Wallenstein when he became the owner of this demesne after Smirický of Smirice. His stone alliance coat of arms is located above the main entrance portal. The northern facade to Wallenstein Square was modified in Baroque style after a fire in 1768, the roof is from the 19th century. A complete preservationist reconstruction was carried out in the 2nd half of the 20th century.