The chambers occur frequently in the ethnographic area of Horňácko. We can see a large complex of these buildings especially in Hrubá Vrbka today. Based on archive materials, the experts suppose the chambers to have been widespread on a larger territory. The chambers used to stand outside the house, to which they belonged, forming uninterrupted rows in the village squares. They were probably built to protect the stored things, especially foods, from fire.
The Horňácko chambers differ from those in the ethnographic area of Luhačovické Zálesí. The ground-floor buildings are smaller, often with a cellar. The walls have no windows, just the ventilating holes. The chambers were entered through the door facing the dwelling house; the opposite door led into the cellar. The entrance was shaded with a robust porch – žudro. The saddle roof was covered with burnt roof tiles or with slates. Stones or unburnt bricks were used as constructional material. In both cases, the building was coated with mudplaster and painted with whitewash. On the ground-floor, tools and foods
