Skodjestova
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The Skodje House This dwelling-house was built as a three-room house in 1753. Later on a wood-shed was added to the house next to the entrance, together with an outside corridor along the back of the house. The doors leading out to these rooms can still be seen. The Skodje-house is a typical average farmhouse, a traditional type from the end of the middle-ages until about 1850. The fireplace is termed "røykomn". It is built of stone and clay, without a chimney. The smoke went out of the room through a hole in the roof, termed "ljoren". The fireplace was either placed in the corner next to the bedroom-wall, or in the opposite corner next to the entrancehall. The cooking was done in front of the stove over glows, raked out of the fire. The "røykomn" was in common use all over Western Norway because it required less wood-fuel than the fireplace with a chimney. In the excavated parts of the medieval town of Borgundkaupangen, near the museum, there has been found a fireplace similar to the "røykomn", dating back to about 1100 A.C. Skodjestova is furnished like the house of an average peasant family between 1750 and 1800. Nothing is painted. The only decoration is usually some woven textiles and simple woodcarvings.