Porches in PVC

History of Porches.

In Britain, porches came in to common use in churches back in medieval times. In those days the porches wee normally built of stone or timber and placed on the southern side of the structure, but often not limited to that and added on the other sides as well. The porches were mainly built to provide cover for church goers and extra space during baptisms.

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

Porches today.

In the current day, porches are highly customisable, with different sizes, roof shapes and colours. West Yorkshire Windows will even match your brick pattern so that it fits in with your house.

Here at West Yorkshire Windows we are very proud of our uPVC Porches range. Please feel free to request a quote online or give us a ring and one of our excellent customer support staff will be happy to point you in the right direction.