Plate 04

The dwelling house is one of the four components of traditional rural housing.
In general, the farmhouse is a block house that combines all the rooms needed for living and farming under the same roof. The two gable facades end in a triangle. They support the ridge of the roof and give the house its orientation. The two gutter fronts carry the gutter. Below is a description of the parts that make up the roof structure.

House inscriptions
The houses in Vercorin all have interesting inscriptions. They generally refer to 5 elements:

• The date on which the house was built
• The names of the builders, husband and wife, and sometimes children
• The name of the carpenter (especially in the 19th century)
• Religious invocations
• Decorative motifs representing the owner's family crest, carpenter's tools, cane, etc.

Originally, the inscriptions were only carved into the wood. Without the white overpaint, they would be difficult to read today.