Clustered column
A number of columns which are grouped together and physically connected so they act as a single structural element ...
The differences are in the clustered column supports for the veranda, the oval window, and the Palladian windows. Also notable are the roof brackets and the unusually large soffit showing a classicism not often found in this genre.
A clustered column is a column composed of several shafts.
An anta is a pilaster with a different base and capital from the order used elsewhere on the building.
was achieved by the development of certain architectural features, which together provided an engineerical solution. The structural parts of the building ceased to be its solid walls, and became a stone skeleton comprised of clustered columns, ...
Typical features of the Romanesque style are: simple pillars often alternating with composite pillars; cross or barrel vault ceilings; external pilaster strips and buttresses; bays separated by transverse arches supported by clustered columns.
 See also: Classical, Architecture, Italian, House, Gothic
  
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