Translations:Традиційні хати Урича/1/en
The folk Boyko architecture has preserved and developed the traditions of wooden architecture of the times of the Halych-Volyn principality. Urych has architectural features of the Northern and Eastern regions of Boykivshchyna. The width of the houses is mostly not more than 5 meters, residential and household premises are located on the same axis and united by a common roof, forming the so-called. "long house". The longest "long house" in Urich reached 25 meters.
The residential part consisted of halls (vestibules) and a house (living room), which served as a kitchen, dining room and bedroom. There was no ceiling in the halls - for better access to the attic and air circulation in the building. The ceiling of the room was held on a dragar - a special beam, in the centre of which a cross was traditionally carved. The end of the dragar can be seen on the end facade of the house. The stove was half-smoky, so there was no chimney on the facade. The household part had two or more rooms - a stable, a barn, a pantry, a grain threshing floor, etc.