Khajeh Barookh House

Khajeh Barookh House is one of the historical houses from the Qajar period in the city of Kermanshah. This historical house follows the style of roofed architecture. The owner of this house was a person named Khajeh Barookh, who was a Jew merchant in Kermanshah, and later it was purchased by a person named Randeh Kesh. This historical monument was listed among the national monuments of Iran in 1998.

The historical house is located in a neighborhood called Feizabad in Kermanshah, in the Jewish quarter. Khajeh Barookh House or Randeh Kesh House is one of the few buildings from the Qajar period that has a hot- and cold-water bathhouse.

This house has the characteristics of Iranian inward-looking houses, meaning that the house is connected to the outside courtyard through a Hashti (corridor) and it is connected to the inner courtyard, by passing through a central valley. A water basin is located on the northern side of this courtyard, which is the boundary between the outside and inside, that is it receives light from both sides, but its entrance is placed in the inner courtyard. Its hall is located on the western side with an Iwan and two smaller doors on the sides of the Iwan leading to two rooms. There are also rooms on the northern side, and the bathroom is located on the ground floor. This house is one of the few Qajar houses with a bathroom in Kermanshah, and the ceiling of the bathroom is dome-shaped.