The Villamor House

Overview

The Villamor House is a two-storey hardwood ancestral home, geometric and rectangular in plan, its weathered and unpainted exterior typical of Bohol’s colonial-era domestic construction. The upper floor holds the living quarters, lit and cross-ventilated through wide sliding windows fitted with wooden shutters.

It stands on the street leading to Baclayon Church in Poblacion, built in the late 19th century by Ciriaco Villamor and his wife Agrifina Buhion — one of the oldest houses on a street of century-old homes, per local heritage sources. The ground floor originally served as bodega (storeroom) and garage, with living quarters confined to the upper level, a common arrangement in bahay na bato construction that kept the household clear of flooding and pests below. The house keeps its solid wood window shutters rather than the capiz-shell panes used on some neighboring houses, along with traces of its original green paint; the nipa-thatch roof was replaced after typhoon damage in the 1980s.

Location

Poblacion, Baclayon, Bohol — approximately 6 km east of Tagbilaran City along the coastal road, on the street leading to Baclayon Church.

Getting There

From Tagbilaran City, take a jeepney or multicab heading east toward Baclayon (approximately 15–20 minutes). The Villamor House is on the street between the main road and Baclayon Church, within the Poblacion heritage cluster.

Practical Info

• Ownership: private family residence (Villamor family descendants), operated as a homestay.
• Visitor access: open to paying overnight guests through the BAHANDI (Baclayon Ancestral Homes Association) homestay program; day-visit/viewing access for non-guests was not confirmed in sources checked.
• Admission/rates: reported at approximately ₱1,200 per night for a double room, with additional-person rates and breakfast included, per a 2012 travel-blog source — rates should be reconfirmed before publishing, as this figure may be outdated.
• Contact (as reported in 2012): landline +63 38 540 9030, mobile +63 920 209 7558 — verify current before publishing.

What to Expect

The house reads as a straightforward bahay na bato: rectangular massing, an unpainted facade worn by decades of sun and salt air, and upper-floor windows sized for cross-ventilation rather than display. The sliding wooden shutters are a common feature of pre-war provincial houses across the Visayas, built for light control and privacy rather than ornament.

The interior holds “a wide array of antiques and other historical artifacts,” per a local heritage account, though a detailed inventory was not found. [TO ENRICH: specific interior layout and furniture inventory; confirmation of the structure’s condition after the 2013 earthquake — not addressed in sources checked.]

Notes

• Confirmed location: Poblacion, Baclayon, Bohol (not a general “Bohol province” placement as in earlier drafting).
• Built late 19th century by Ciriaco Villamor and Agrifina Buhion.
• Part of the BAHANDI (Baclayon Ancestral Homes Association) homestay program, alongside the nearby Malon House.
• Overlap flag: this entity substantially duplicates heritage-ances-tral-houses-i-e-villamor-house-malon-house.md, which covers the same Villamor House together with the Malon House. Recommend the human editor decide whether to merge these into one entity or keep them distinct (e.g., one general “heritage houses” entry plus one dedicated Villamor House page) — not resolved here since it is a structural/schema decision outside this pass’s scope.

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