Palace

Historical sources indicate that Janowo was a country estate established on municipal land that was leased for a long time. One of the tenants was the Schwartz family, who took over the estate in the late 19th century. Janowo was a typical estate where crops were grown and animals were raised, but an interesting fact is that clay was also mined there and transported by rail to the brickworks in Barlinek.

The estate features a manor house built in the mid-19th century and subsequently remodeled at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. The building’s architecture shows Neo-Baroque influences. The manor house is built on a rectangular plan; it is a two-story brick structure with a lower annex and a veranda. The entire building is covered by a hipped roof featuring distinctive windows—dormers and bull’s-eye windows. The roof’s gable is crowned by a turret with a weather vane bearing the initials O.S. (Otto Schwartz)—one of the estate’s owners. The same initials are engraved on the ornament above the main entrance to the mansion. The front facade is adorned with a projection featuring small balconies on both sides, situated at the first-floor level. A similar projection is found on the garden side, though here there is also a veranda supported by three simple columns. The columns support a balcony located at the first-floor level.

Surrounding the palace are farm buildings that have survived to this day but are in very poor condition. These include a cowshed, a stable, a barn, and a coach house. One of the buildings bears the date 1855, indicating the year of construction.

The estate is privately owned, but no maintenance work is being carried out, and the building, along with the farm structures, is falling into disrepair. It can be viewed from the outside.

Surrounding the estate is a manor park dating from the second half of the 19th century. The park covers an area of 1.5 hectares. It is home mainly to native tree species such as hornbeams, Norway maples, sycamores, linden trees, beeches, elms, and spruces. In the western part of the park, there is an avenue of linden trees. From here, at the edge of the escarpment, a panoramic view of the Płonia Valley unfolds—a view considered by many to be one of the most beautiful. The park is open to the public.