Portico in the sunshine

Who? What? Where?

The basics

The Old Church

The history of Portico

A brief history of the historic building

Portico Today

Portico's Architecture

An inspired and highly original young Irish architect named John Millar designed this building in 1839. He had trained under Thomas Hopper, an eminent London architect. Portico is believed to be unique in having a double fronted reproduction of the ancient Greek Temple of Nemesis.

Portico under scaffold

The restoration

There is a very long version of this story but in brief…