Porch
From LoveToKnow 1911
PORCH (through the Fr. porche, from Lat. porticus; the Ital. equivalent is portico, corresponding to the Gr. vap07.7; Ger. Vorhalle), a covered erection forming a shelter to the entrance door of a large building.
Porch
1. A covered platform, usually having a separate roof, at an entrance to a building
2. An open or closed gallery or room attached to the outside of a building; a verandah ...
porch
n porch [poːtʃ]
1 a covered entrance to a building They waited in the porch until it stopped raining.
Porches typically are architecturally unified with the rest of the house, using similar design elements as the rest of the structure, and may be integrated into the roofline or upper stories.
Stick Style Porch at the Mark Twain House
The Hartford, Connecticut home of American author Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) ...
Porch - The covered projecting structure in front of the doorway.
Portal - A doorway, entrance or gate. One that is large and imposing.
Quatrefoil - An architectural ornament having four lobes or foils.
PORCH A roofed space outside the mains support walls of a building.
PORTICO A small entrance porch.
Quoins ...
Porch An open or enclosed gallery or room on the outside of a building.
Portico A roof, generally gabled, supported on columns, usually more elaborate than a porch.
porch
A covered place of entrance and exit attached to a building and projecting from its main mass.
portal ...
porch: a roof structure or room providing shelter at the front of a building.
portal: a doorway.
porte-cochere: a portico through which wheeled traffic can pass.
PORCH A covered platform, usually having a separate roof, at an entrance to a building.
PORTAL an entrance, doorway, or gateway.
PULPIT A raised and enclosed platform in a church from which a preacher delivers a sermon.
porch - a projecting, enclosed doorway, usually a side entrance located at the north and south transepts of a cathedral.
quatrafoil - tracery constructed from four foils.
See cinquefoil.
Porch : The reception space situated at the entrance to a church or cathedral.
Presbytery (Sanctuary) : The area east of the Choir which contains or features the High Altar. The area of a church or cathedral reserved for the clergy.
porch - a roofed exterior space on the outside of a building
porte-cochere - a large covered entrance porch through which vehicles can drive and passengers can alight from a vehicle and enter a building ...
PORCH - The roofed entrance to a house.
PORTICO - A roofed entrance to a house that is columned like a temple front.
PREFABRICATION - The manufacture of whole buildings or components cast/assembled in a factory or off-site before placed in position.
Porch
Is a structure attached to a building, forming a covered entrance to a vestibule or doorway.
A porch with the roof and frequently a pediment supported by a row of columns. Porticoes are described by the number of columns, e.g. distyle (two), tetrastyle (four), hexastyle (six), octostyle (eight).
A porch or vestibule of a church, generally colonnaded or arcaded and preceding the nave.
A porch with a roof.
Source:Victorian Architecture Vocabulary
Mansard Roof
A roof with two slopes, and often it is flat on top.
Source:Victorian Architecture Vocabulary ...
A porch at the door of a building for shelter, wide enough to allow access for a car.
Portico
A roofed entrance porch, often with columns.
a porch or vestibule in early Christian churches.
Naturalism, naturalistic
a style of art seeking to represent objects as they actually appear in nature.
South Porch portal of Moissac: c. 1125/ c.1131; attached columns have figures on top with probably St. Benedict on the left and Abbot Roger on the right.
Maiestas Domini: Christ surrounded by the Apocalyptic Beasts and the 24 Elders ...
PORTICOporch with columns and pediment
QUOINa protruding stone or brick that accentuates an exterior corner. Sometimes simulated on frame structures to look like stone.
RUSTICATEDheavily textured or rough-surfaced stone-work ...
View of porch
Interior view of lower chapel
Interior view of upper chape
Paris (France) continued...
The front porch is a necessary feature on many Ontario Bungalows. This porch emphasizes the long, low, ground-hugging profile.
Portico
- a porch in the form of a classical colonnade, usually described in terms of the number of columns, ie Hexastyle (6), Octastyle (8) Decastyle (10) (all from Greek ie deka, ten, stulos a column) ...
Single story porches were common having square post supports with beveled corners. Porches were usually small, but in later years full-width expansions were constructed.
A square-shaped cupola or tower may cap these two, three, or four-story homes.
Room above a porch.
Perpendicular
Final phase of Gothic architecture, characterised by large windows, flattened arches, impressive towers and fan vaulting c1350-1540.
Galilee
A porch at the western end of the church used as a chapel for women or penitents. Sometimes the word refers to the entire western end of the nave.
Greek-cross Plan
A style of church with four equal arms.
PORTICO
Small porch with a roof supported by columns or projections.
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PORTICO A porch with columns and usually a pediment.
PROPYLAEUM An entrance gateway to au enclosure, especially in Greek and Roman architecture.
Porte Cochere - Porch roof projecting over a driveway
Portico
Portico - a series of columns or arches in front of a building, generally as a covered walkway.
Pronaos: the porch or entrance hall to the temple cella
Pseudo-peripteral: as peripteral, but with some of the columns engaged instead of free standing
Pteron: the colonnade extending the length of the temple ...
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East porch, during restoration
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Historic view of courtyard before...
Porte cochere - Porch roof projecting over a driveway.
Portico - A small porch composed of a roof supported by columns, often found in front of a doorway.
Quatrefoil - Four-lobed motif; usually in block shape.
Narthex: A low projection at the western end of a church, like a porch.
baluster one of a series of short vertical posts that support a rail and form a balustrade, often forming the roofline of a building as well as the border of a staircase or porch.
narthex Foyer, entryway or porch at the western end of some churches. nave The place where the congregation gathers from worship, as distinct from the place from which the service is led. It usually contains pews and one or more aisles.
Low pitched roof, overhanging eaves, two stories, Italianate porch.
21. Kansas City, MO.
22. Las Vegas, NM.
23. Las Vegas, NM., Hotel on the old Spanish plaza.
24. Stafford, CT.
25. St. Louis, MO. Railroad Hotel.
26. Savannah, GA.
27. Savannah, GA.
Full-height entry porch(commonly with pediment)
Early classical revival house plans are rare in its existance today and is located mainly in the southern states.
Porch - A building forming an enclosure or protection for doorway, a portico or colonnade, a veranda.
Portal - A gate or doorway, esp. great or magnificent one, any entrance, the arch over a gate.
Some of the most distinctive character defining elements of the style include projecting eaves which are often accented with braces or brackets, and large roof extension porches across the front facade.
This very plain house style usually lacks front porches, which are otherwise very very common in 19th century houses. These houses usually have had several additions added over the decades; hence, they have sometimes very irregular shapes.
Arcaded entrances or porches; canvas awnings
Doors and windows frequently arched; windows recessed
Balconies and porches
Ornately carved details, especially around windows, entrances, and cornices ...
Identify the style by its entry, full-height, or full-building width porches, entryway columns sized in scale to the porch type, and a front door surrounded by narrow rectangular windows. Roofs are generally gabled or hipped.
Column: A column is a pillar, usually of round cross-section but sometimes square or octagonal, used to support the roof of a building, porch, or portico. Parts of a column are (bottom to top): base, shaft and capital.
gingerbread - a word to describe any kind of decoration on a home found in such places as the gables, vergeboards, porches, eaves, and around windows or doors. The decoration is generally created with a sawn scroll work technique.
Porte-cochere -- A porch large enough to enclose wheeled vehicles.
Portico -- A roofed space, open or partly enclosed, forming the entrance and centerpiece of the facade of a building, often with columns and a pediment.
Galilee
A western annex or porch of a church.
Gallery
A balcony or mezzanine overlooking the main interior space of a building. In a church the gallery is an upper storey directly above the aisle, with arches looking down into the nave.
portico - A covered walk or porch supported by columns or pillars; a colonnaded porch or veranda
Portland cement - A hydraulic cement binder for concrete made of clay and limestone ...
belvedere - a tower or turret with an open porch, built either for the sake of the view or that of its appearance.
blind arch - an arch that does not contain an opening for a window or door but is set against or indented within a wall.
In architecture, a porch or walkway with a roof - either open or partly enclosed - supported by columns and often with a pediment. A portico usually leads to the entrance of a building.
portico A covered porch, often consisting of columns supporting a pediment.
prostyle Characterized by free-standing columns that stand forward from a wall (contrasted with columns in antis).
portico:
a covered porch supported by columns
quoins:
an exterior angle of a wall or other masonry; a stone serving to form such an angle - a cornerstone; a keystone ...
PORTICO: an open porch with columns supporting a pedimental roof, creating the entrance and\or centre piece of a facade. (IMAGE) ...
4: Opistodomos or rear porch.
5: View of the Cella. 6: Cult Statue of the Goddess Athena Aphaea
7: The Pool of Olive Oil. 8: Ramp from Altar to Temple. 9: Corner Columns.
10: Metope. 11: Triglyph. 12: The East Pediment Sculptures.
Oriel - Projecting window in wall; originally a form of porch, usually of wood; side-turret.
Orillons - Arrowhead bastions.
Oubliette - A dungeon reached by a trap door; starvation hole ...
Double-fronted - House front consisting of two principle bays, often stepped, perhaps with a central door or porch.
Double-hung sash window - A window with two sashes sliding vertically past each other within the frame.
megaron (2) -- a free-standing, more or less square room entered at one side through one or more anterooms and a two-columned porch. It generally contains a round, fixed hearth. (Biers, 336) Sample Image (Lesson 19)
mercantile oligarchy (19) ...
Narthex: Beginning with Early Christian architecture, this was the gallery, vestibule, or porch located in the main (west) entrance of the church (fig.1).
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