12/ Stone House

One of the most important monuments of European late Gothic architecture was built on pre-Hussite foundations, it is part of the city's monument reserve, which is registered on the UNESCO World Heritage List, and is one of the objects managed by the Czech Museum of Silver.

The house has three floors and a high triangular gable with Gothic windows and rich sculptural decoration, with phials, crabs and a top flower, and a three-storey cellar. On the late Gothic façade, a square stone bay window rises above the central pillar of the double entrance gate on the second floor. On the ground floor, there is a vaulted great hall, glazed on two central columns, and on the first floor, there is a chapel with a bay window. The house originally included the neighboring house to the left, rebuilt at the end of 19 century. The construction of such mansions testifies to the wealth of the bourgeoisie.

The history of the house dates back to the years 1485-1499 when the building was built by the burgher Prokop Kroupa, who was promoted to aristocratic status in 1499, symbolized by the knights on the shield. Important names such as master Brikcius Gauske from Zhořelec, who took care of the stonework, the architect Ludvík Lábler, under whose tact the house was restored, or Prof. J Kastner, who added the statues, have left their mark on the house.

The Stone House offers visitors two permanent exhibitions: the Royal Upper Town - Bourgeois Culture and Life in the 17th-19th Century, which introduces visitors to the life of the bourgeoisie in the upper town, and the Lapidarium: the Art of the Stonemasons of Medieval Kutná Hora, which reveals a unique collection of stone sculptures and architectural articles from the most important Gothic monuments of Kutná Hora.