Inchurch architecture, aporticus (Latin for "portico")^[a] is usually a small room in a church.^[2] Commonly, porticuses form extensions to the north and south sides of a church, giving the building acruciformplan. They may function aschapels, rudimentarytransepts or burial-places. For example,Anglo-Saxonkings of Kent were buried in the south porticus atSt Augustine's Abbey inCanterbury, with the exception ofEadberht II, who was buried in a similar location inSt Mary's Church, Reculver.^[3]

This feature of church design originated in the lateRoman period and continued to appear in those built on theEuropean continent and, inAnglo-Saxon England, until the 8th century.^[4]

• Cherry, B. (1981) [1976], "Ecclesiastical architecture", in Wilson, D.M. (ed.),The Archaeology of Anglo-Saxon England, Cambridge University Press, pp. 151–200,ISBN 0-521-28390-6
• Kelly, S. (2008),"Reculver Minster and its early charters", in Barrow, J.; Wareham, A. (eds.),Myth, Rulership, Church and Charters Essays in Honour of Nicholas Brooks, Ashgate, pp. 67–82,ISBN 978-0-7546-5120-8

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