Glossary · P
Perron
An external flight of steps leading to the principal entrance of a building, often with a platform at the top.
Where it appears in the book
In the chapters Stairs.
A feature of Beaux-Arts architecture.
Nearby in the glossary
Pergola · Peripteral · Peristyle · Perpendicular tracery · Piano nobile · Picturesque · Pietra dura · Pilaster