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See also:PORCH (through the Fr. porehe, from See also:Lat. porticus; the Ital. See also:equivalent is See also:portico, corresponding to the Gr. vapOi ; Ger. Vorhalle) , a covered erection forming a shelter to the entrance See also:door of a large See also:building . The earliest known are the two porches of the See also:Tower of the Winds at See also:Athens; there would seem to have been one in front of the entrance door of the See also:villa of Diomede outside the See also:gate at See also:Pompeii; in See also:Rome they were 1 It commands a See also:fine view, and See also:Corsica is sometimes visible, though not See also:Sardinia, as See also:Strabo (and following him, See also:Lord See also:Macaulay) errol neously See also:state . See also:Annual See also:rate per See also:I000 of See also:population . 1801-1850 . 1850-1900 . Births . Deaths . Births See also:census Births . Deaths . Births Census above n Cc above Increase . Deaths. eaths . Increase . Deaths . N.W . 35'4 26.5 8.9 8.1 34.4 23.4 11.0 8.6 S.W . 33.6 28.3 5'3 5.2 31.4 26.3 5.1 4.3 E . . 45.9 38'1 7.8 7.7 46.2 34.7 11.5 Io•6 See also:Total See also:Europe 38.6 31.2 7.4 7.1 38.0 28.4 9'6 8.2 See also:United States - - - 29.9 - - - 24.0 See also:Canada . - 38.7 - - - 16.2 See also:Australasia - . - I - 85.9 - - - 48'2 probably not allowed, but on either See also:side of the entrance door of a See also:mansion, porticoes set back behind the See also:line of frontage were provided, according to F . Mazois, as shelters from See also:sun and See also:rain for those who paid See also:early visits before the doors were opened . In front of the early See also:Christian basilicas was a See also:long arcaded See also:porch called " See also:narthex " (q.v.) In later times porches assume two forms—one the projecting erection covering the entrance at the See also:west front of cathedrals, and divided into three or more doorways, &c., and the other a See also:kind of covered chamber open at the ends, and having small windows at the sides as a See also:protection from rain . These generally stand on the See also:north or See also:south sides of churches, though in See also:Kent there are a few instances (as Snodland and Boxley) where they are at the west ends . Those of the Nor-See also:man See also:period generally have little See also:projection, and are sometimes so See also:flat as to be little more than See also:outer dressings and See also:hood-moulds to the inner door . They are often richly ornamented, and, as at See also:Southwell in See also:England and See also:Kelso in See also:Scotland, have rooms over, which have been erroneously called parvises .
Early See also:English porches are much longer, and in larger buildings frequently have rooms above; the gables are generally bold and high pitched
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In larger buildings also, as at See also:Wells, St Albans, &c., the interiors are as See also:rich in See also:design as the exteriors
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Decorated and Perpendicular porches partake of much the same characteristics, the See also:pitch of roof, See also:mouldings, copings, battlements, &c., being, of course, influenced by the See also:taste of the See also:time
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The later porches have rooms over them more frequently than in earlier times; these are often approached from the See also:lower See also:storey by small winding stairs, and sometimes have See also:fire-places, and are supposed to have served as vestries; and sometimes there are the remains of a See also:piscina, and See also:relics of altars, as if they had been used as See also:chantry chapels
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It is probable there were wooden porches at all periods; particularly in those places where See also: (R . P . |
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