Portico Theme Pages

A covered entrance where the roof is supported by a series of columns, normally at the front entrance to a building.

Six fluted columned pedimented portico approached by flight of steps. Originally known as the Grecian Temple, it was begun in 1747, and is partly based on the Roman Maison Carrée at Nîmes.

The architect of this building is unknown, maybe Earl Temple or Thomas Pitt. It sits in at the north end of a garden section which is 'Capability' Brown's first known landscape design.