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A brief history of the historic building

We’re constantly working to make PORTICO as accessible and usable as possible. 

Access to and use of this site is provided by PORTICO subject to the following Terms and Conditions.

A range of tours are available but they must be booked in advance

We aim to be as accessible as we can be in a building created in 1841.

Local businesses in this our Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty that we enjoy working with:

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.

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