18-The Dvaravati House

The Dvaravati House is a group of eight house units facing onto a common open-air verandah. Each unit has specialized functions: a chapel, bedrooms, a day room and a bird-room. The elaborate multiunit dwelling evidently belonged to a well-to-do family, probably of nobility.The gables and the roof were made similar to the finial of the gables of a Dvaravati palace executed on a carved stone slab.The constrtiction of the house had amazingly followed traditional construction procedures. This Thai style house was constructed by using pure traditional technique.