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The homestead from Gęsice consists of a cottage and a barn. The wooden cottage was built in 1852 by Paweł Masternak, a peasant running a farm with 29 morgas of land. The wide-front, single-bay cottage shows many old-fashioned features typical of the historic architecture in the Łagów area. They include a clay pug floor in the hallway, the entrance gate of simple hinge-less construction, and a particularly thick (20 cm) ceiling over the storeroom.

The walls of the building have corners joined using two-sided lap joints and are made from pine wood. Originally, the house was set directly on the ground, without stone underpinning. The ceiling was made from shaven boards. The date of the house construction and the cross in the circle are carved in the principal beam.

The interior consists of a storeroom, a hallway and a dwelling room. The house is furnished with a kitchen stove with eaves, a bread oven and a heating stove. It is covered by a “stepped” hipped straw roof.