VII.14.5 Pompeii. Casa del Cambio or Casa del Banchiere or Casa della Regina d’Inghilterra with officina tinctoria.

Linked to VII.14.17, VII.14.18 and VII.14.19.

Excavated 1838, 1846 and 1863. (Strada dell’Abbondanza 40)

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VII.14.5 Pompeii. December 2005. Entrance doorway.

VII.14.5 Pompeii. December 2005. Looking north to entrance on Via dell’Abbondanza.

VII.14.5 Pompeii. December 2005. Remains of floor at entrance.

VII.14.5 Pompeii. October 2022. Looking north along entrance fauces/corridor towards atrium. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VII.14.5 Pompeii. December 2018.

Looking north along entrance fauces/corridor towards atrium. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

VII.14.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking north along entrance fauces towards atrium.

VII.14.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Vestibule, looking south to entrance.

According to Fiorelli –

(No.5). Next to it is a house, which, having the entrance corridor preceded by a vestibule, had at the commencement of it two doors, one in front ordinarily closed, the other smaller and on one side, which served the continuous use of the inhabitants.

Being on a level higher than the street, the house had the entrance corridor interrupted by two steps ascending towards the atrium, which was Tuscan and equipped with a marble puteal, in which the lack of decorative pods is rather notable.

(5. Appresso sta una casa, che avendo il protiro preceduto da vestibolo, teneva al cominciamento di esso due porte, una di fronte ordinariamente chiusa, l’altra minore e da un lato, che inserviva agli usi continui degli abitanti.

Trovandosi in un livello superiore alla strada, essa aveva il protiro interrotto da due gradini ascendente verso l’atrio, ch’era tuscanico e fornito di puteale marmorea, in cui la mancanza di baccellature è assai notevole.)

See Fiorelli, G., 1875. Descrizione di Pompei. Napoli, (p.300-301).

VII.14.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Remains of two steps from vestibule to fauces, or entrance corridor.

VII.14.5 Pompeii. March 2009. West wall of fauces, or entrance corridor.

According to Breton, when excavated the entrance corridor was richly decorated although the paintings had suffered greatly.

See Breton, Ernest. 1870. Pompeia, Guide de visite a Pompei, 3rd ed. Paris, Guerin.

VII.14.5 Pompeii. March 2009. East wall of fauces.

According to Breton, when excavated the entrance corridor was richly decorated although the paintings had suffered greatly.

See Breton, Ernest. 1870. Pompeia, Guide de visite a Pompei, 3rd ed. Paris, Guerin.

VII.14.5 Pompeii. December 2005. Looking north to atrium.

VII.14.5 Pompeii. March 2009. West wall of fauces.

VII.14.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Floor at north end of fauces, remains of door pivots, and floor of atrium.

VII.14.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 1, atrium. Looking north across remains of impluvium.

VII.14.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 1, atrium with remains of impluvium. Looking north.

VII.14.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 1, puteal in atrium.

VII.14.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 1, remains of impluvium in atrium. Looking east.

VII.14.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Small room or cupboard on west side of entrance fauces.

VII.14.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Small room or cupboard with remains of shelf supports on south wall.

VII.14.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Small room or cupboard, remains of decorative stucco in south-west corner.

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