Lyakhovo estate is a sample of middle-class suburban Moscow estate. It was built by Vasilchikov at the beginning of the XIX century.

 

It is a small complex in the style of mature classicism. Free and loose planning of the estate is based on a clear functional division of the territory. One-storey classical manor house with mezzanine is made of brick and stuccoed, having some white stone details. The external and internal design is typical of the 1800s. The central part of the façade facing the courtyard, with the stress on the portico of the Tuscan order, which is supporting a mezzanine loggia. The architecture of the house uses the motif of the three-part ‘Palladian’ window; medallions are filled with decorative mouldings.

 

A two-storey brick residential outbuilding was built at the same time as the manor house, and they share both stylistic and functional similarities. Its architectural forms anticipate the Empire style. The building is based on two mutually perpendicular axes. The lateral axis sets symmetrical layout with the porch and a connection with the yard. The longitudinal axis defines the structure of the side façade, facing the driveway. An outbuilding within the upper floor is decorated with a Tuscan portico and doubled columns.