Brick Porches or uPVC Porch – make an entrance to be proud of

In England the porch began to be used through churches in medieval times. Back in those days the Porches tended to be built from stone, or sometimes timber, and placed on the southern side of the building – sometimes on other sides as well. These porches were mainly built to provide cover for church goers.

As time went on the churches began to have two storeys, with a room above the entrance which was used as a storeroom, or library. Sometimes the church custodian lived in the upper storey and a window in to the church would be used for supervision of the interior. A lot of churches today have these porches, both internally and externally.

Nowadays porches are highly customisable, with different roof shapes, colours and Planet South Lakes will even match your brick pattern so that it fits in with your house.

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