Traditional Home · Thrissur

Sreenilayam

Brief

A nalukettu built around a teak-columned nadumuttam, open to the sky at its centre. The plan turns inward on that courtyard, with the hall, dining and verandahs all reading onto it, so light and air move through the whole house from one opening.

Approach

Built in the traditional idiom and detailed accordingly — carved teak columns and corbels, exposed rafter ceilings, laterite piers to the verandah and clay tile throughout. Joinery, furniture and the pooja were made for the house rather than bought for it.

Exterior

Sreenilayam — the front elevation at dusk, the stone path crossing the lawn to the entrance

Sreenilayam — the gatehouse, its nameplate carrying the house name in Malayalam

Sreenilayam — the tiled roofs stepping down over the carport

Verandah & Courtyard

Sreenilayam — the verandah on laterite columns, running between the arches and the garden

Sreenilayam — the nadumuttam, carved teak columns rising to the open skylight

Sreenilayam — the central hall, with the charupady seat and the pooja beyond

Dining & Bedrooms

Sreenilayam — the dining room, doors folded back onto the courtyard

Sreenilayam — a bedroom with a carved teak four-poster on a timber floor

Sreenilayam — a second bedroom under the exposed beam ceiling

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