House no. 462 in the Old Town of Kotor is a representative residential building of 19th-century civic architecture in Kotor. Although its present layout is the result of the 1869 reconstruction based on a project by the architect Enrico Matarelli, the building was constructed earlier, with the remains of a Gothic edifice preserved in its lowest levels. The front façade faces the street connecting the Square of Arms with the Church of Santa Maria Collegiata, altogether occupying a prominent position within the fabric of the Old town. Through the reconstruction in the 19th century, the building acquired new and larger openings, a lavishly decorated balcony on the 2nd floor level of the main façade, as well as an internal stone staircase and a richly embellished interior.

The building was found in a derelict state, with no slabs and partition walls, and with mortar rendering partially lost on the façades and entirely missing on interior surfaces.

The aim of the conservation project was the revitalisation of this significant example of 19th-century civic architecture, with the restoration of slabs, walls, flooring, joinery, and specifically of painted surfaces on the vaults and the plaster coating. Apart from survey and the analysis of the state of conservation, the execution of the projects was based on the analysis of existing archival and photographic material on previous building phases and conservation states.

On the basis of the 1869 reconstruction project, the original spatial layout of the building has been identified. The new interior arrangement has been made with respect to the original room arrangement, as well as to the location and extents of the preserved vault painting.