Bahay Na Bato: Reported By: Deniega, Patricia Marie G

BAHAY NA BATO
REPORTED BY:
DENIEGA, PATRICIA MARIE G.
BALAY NA TISA
(SARMIENTO-OSMENA
HOUSE)
• DON ROMAN SARMIENTO
AND DONA ANA CANARIAS ARE
THE OWNERS OF THE BALAY NA
TISA.
• DON ROMAN
SARMIENTO DESIGNED THE
HOUSE AND OVERSAW ITS
CONSTRUCTION.
•THE ROOF IS MADE OF "TISA"
OR CHALK.
COCINA
• The house has two entrances, one leading you
to the work area on the ground floor, and the
other at the back, leading you to the cocina on
the second floor.
• The cocina or kitchen features a banggera for
washing purposes and a large table with long
wooden chairs for food preparation. Long
wooden cabinets for storing of materials
covered the entire north wall of the room.
COMEDOR
•In the kitchen is a door that leads

you to the comedor or the dining
area. It has large wooden
windows on its east that
illuminates the area. The space
contains a large wooden dining
table surrounded by long wooden
chairs and a coffee table beside it.
The room boasts numerous
antiques such as porcelain jars
and plates arranged on the wall
cabInets. Side tables also contain
oil lamps and figurines. Aside
from that, an extremely old
grandfather clock hangs by a post.
It seemed surprising that it still
works to this day.
AZOTEA
• Beside the Comedor is the Azotea, or
otherwise known as the porch, a place
many common folk houses do not have.
• It still contains an odd-looking antique
bathtub made of clay. But since the “Balay
na Tisa” no longer serves its purpose as a
residential house nowadays, the porch was
converted into a backyard terrace with
potted plants, hanging vegetation and a
wooden rocking chair, overseeing the vast
flower garden behind the house.
CUARTO
• The cuarto or bedroom of the
house was unlike any other. The
room was large with a long
window by its west. It contains two
four-poster beds with thick
mattresses. The four-poster beds
or ah-tay has intricate carvings
which serve as a status symbol
during the colonial era. The room,
like any of the typical Filipino’s,
holds a long altar with discoloured
antique statues of saints.
SALA
• The next part of the house was
the Sala or the living room. Large
windows dominate most part of the
eastern and northern walls of the room.
While on the other two sides hung the
portraits of the family. The center of the
vast living room is a center table with
wooden divan surrounding it. Another
wooden bench is set by the eastern
window. Three chandeliers also hung
from the ceiling, the center and the
biggest is made of brass while the other
two are made of glass. The dirty white
ceiling was made up of compressed tin as
what is common in most English manors.
LIBRARY
• Adjacent to the living room is a dimly-
lit area which is another symbol of the
elite - the library. Though many people
own books, not much can own a large
collection of them and even set aside a
room for it. The Sarmientos, however,
own shelves filled with books and old
typewrites which covered the eastern
wall. A quaint study table and a couch
can also be seen under a brass
chandelier.
SILONG
• The floor was made of stone
and so are the walls. This was for
the purpose of being able to
hide and themselves during
invasions during the time of war.
This part of the house is poorly
illuminated aside from small
windows with grills placed on its.
In times of peace, it served as a
storage area for harvested crops.
Currently, paintings hang by its
walls and stone mills for rice or
corn are still on its place.
SILONG
• As the spirit of the “Bahay na Bato” entails, the
materials used for the house were as simple as its
structure yet as strong as its foundation. On the
first storey, smooth stones were used for the
floor. In the absence of cement, egg whites were
used to pile the cut coral stone blocks for the wall.
On the second level, wood was used for the floor
and walls. Tugas, a wood known for its strength
and durability, was smoothed into floors
and molave hardwood was used for the walls. The
ceilings on most parts of the house are made by
patches of wood or amakan woven together.

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