Church porch

It once provided lodging for the priest, but now houses the Francis Trigge Chained Library.

Such a room is sometimes called a parvise[4] which spelt as parvis normally means an open space or colonnade in front of a church entrance.

In Scandinavia and Germany the porch of a church is often called by names meaning weaponhouse.

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