Manor Rožkovany

In the Middle Ages, the village belonged to Rožkovany It was owned by several landlords: the Roskoványi family in the 16th century, and in the 19th century the Bánó, Péchy, Czabalay and Sentyvanyi families also held estates here. Among the village’s most prominent landowners was the Roskoványi family, who derived their name from the village itself and remained there until the 20th century. It was also from this family that Bishop Augustín of Nitra hailed; in 1858, he commissioned the construction of a new church on a new site in the village at his own expense.

Around 1600, there were 48 farmsteads, a manor house, a manor mill, a vicarage, a church and a school here. The Szentyványi family left behind the only notable non-ecclesiastical building in the village – manor house dating from 1770. The manor house first belonged to the Czabaláyi family; it was later taken over by the Roskovanyi family, and after them by the Szentivanyi family. 

Thanks to the landowners – the large estate owners who lived in the village – there were other manor houses in the village as well. These were named after their owners: the Roskovanyi, Czabalayi, Bánov and Pechyi manor houses. In 1976, the Bánov manor house was demolished due to disrepair and a block of flats was built in its place. The Péchyi family’s manor house, dating from 1750, was purchased for use as a school. The Roskovanyi Manor House was purchased in 1929 by the Girová and Plavčanová families.

The architectural design of the manor house

The Manor House in Rožkovany It is a Baroque-Classical, single-storey, block-style building with two wings, featuring a seven-axis main façade with a central, partially projecting risalit topped by a triangular pediment. The façades are divided by frames with corner string courses. The building is constructed of stone, but the vaults, including those in the basement, are made of brick. The entire building has a basement. There is only one entrance to the manor house, on the west side from a raised platform, accessed via a wide stone staircase leading up from the courtyard. The manor house contained six living rooms and one large hall.

The manor house changed owners several times and in the 2nd half of the 20th century it also served as a school, library or cinema.

The Rožkovany Manor House is part of the Šariš Castle Road

Source: Rožkovany Local Authority
Source of photographs: OOCR RŠ