Calendar house

Calendar house

A calendar house is a house that symbolically contains architectural elements in quantities that represent the respective numbers of days in a week, weeks in a year and months in a year.

Extreme Rarities

Examples are very rare and are more often found in buildings of the late 16th and early 17th centuries.

Notable Examples

Notable examples in Britain include Knole House in Kent and Cairness House in Aberdeenshire.


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