The barn as the basic building for storage and threshing of grains is common in all regions of the ethnographic area of Luhačovické Zálesí. Its basic layout does not differ from the similar buildings in the surrounding regions, which probably developed in the same way.
For the safety reasons, the barn stands further from the house, with a good access from the field. The timbered wall construction is made of local deciduous trees whose not very straight
trunks are rough-hewn. The building has not fast foundation but a strong oak beams ring, called podvala, which lies on the cornerstones. The walls in the older barns are not higher than 2,5 metres, the buildings have a hip roof covered with thatches. The newer buildings are higher – about 3,5 metres - to house the threshing machine. Theirs saddle roof is often covered with burnt roof tiles.
The building consists of a threshing space with two annexed “outbarns” on sides. One of them was intended for unthreshed grain and straw, the other one for storage of hay and aftermath. Branches and brushwood called půdina were thrown on the fl oor to protect the stores from becoming damp or stale. The partition walls are often timbered, with one window each. The threshing space is passable, closed with a single gate; only the newer barns have two-wing gates. The yellow clay on the threshing fl oor is packed down and its maintenance before threshing is very important.
The floor is sprayed with water, the holes are repaired and the floor is rammed down. Although the barn was sufficient for the most hay, special buildings – haylofts – used to stand at some homesteads. These not large oneroom buildings used to stand near the barns and their structure and roofing were identical. Instead of the gate, they had just a window for hay handling in the front wall.
