Parvise
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Parvise or Parvis may refer to:
- A room over the porch of a church—quite often found in Norman churches in England. In some churches these rooms were used for school rooms and in Castle Ashby was the home of a woman - who saved the manor house from burning when she saw the fire taking hold from her room.
- The enclosed area or court in front of a building—particularly a building such as a cathedral or a church. In some places they are like a cloister, surrounded with either colonnades or porticoes. As a result, when applied to a single portico or colonnade in front of a church, this gives rise to the description of a church porch.
[edit] Examples of Parvises
 The Parvise at Castle Ashby |
 Bletchingley Church Parvise |
