Bahay na Bato.

Cards (49)


  • Puerta
    Main entrance door of the entrada principal
  • Postigo
    Service door that was cut on the side of the main doors
  • Zaguan
    Area open to carruaje (Carriage) and the empty carroza (float to carry saint's statue during procession)
  • Cuadra
    Stable for horses
  • Silong
    The hollow space beneath the bahay kubo for storing livestock
  • Piedra China
    Block of white stone. Used as counterweights of Spanish galleons
  • Coquina
    Coral rock quarried from reefs during low tide
  • Entrosuelo
    Waiting area before access to the main office
  • Despacho
    Home office (Opisina)
  • Azulejo
    Patterned hand-painted tiles imported from Spain used to decorate the decanso
  • Decanso
    Stair landing
  • Escalera
    Wooden staircase
  • Bastonero
    Hat and cane rack placed at the caida or stair landing
  • Caida
    Landing on the upper entrance hall. Also called Antesala
  • Sala Mayor
    Main living room
  • Kolumpyo
    Wooden chair. Also called tumba-tumba or mercedoras
  • Oratorio
    Prayer room
  • Urna
    Carved altar that enshrines statues
  • Virina
    Bell-shaped glass jar that was used to encase statues
  • Comedor
    Dining room
  • Volada
    Cantilever walkway beside the window
  • Punkah
    Pan suspended from the ceiling of the roof and pulled by means of rope
  • Biombos
    Divider between comedor and mostly used to hide the servants
  • Dapugan
    Platform in kitchen where kalan and clay stove is in place
  • Pamiggalan
    Food cabinet
  • Dispensa
    Pantry attached to the wall
  • Banggera
    Slatted wooden stick dishrack attached to a dining room or kitchen window
  • Ah Tay
    Bed intricately four poster bedposts (made in Binondo)
  • Aparador de tres Luna
    Three door cabinet in master's bedroom
  • Vajilera
    Tall, glass fronted display cabinet
  • Cristaleria
    For keeping glasswares
  • Almario
    Vertical pillow rack used to air dry pillows
  • Vitrina
    Shelf with glass that stores glasswares collection of the family
  • Eskritong Tipaklong
    Table for sewing, usually seen at girls' rooms
  • Batibot
    Cane bent wood chair or means "enduring"
  • Gallenera
    "Chicken seat" usually found outside the office. "Gallo" means chicken
  • Concha
    Latticework panels that framed the translucent Capiz shells used to shut windows at night
  • Columnilla
    Decorative colonette that divides a window into two sides
  • Calado
    Pierced wooden panels above doors or walls for air circulation (Art Nouveau inspired)
  • Ventanilla
    Small window located right under the barandilla (windowsill)