Welcome to our columns range. Whatever you’re looking for porch columns or interior columns or pilasters, you should find it here.
Traditionally columns were structural elements that supported a weight, like porch columns do today. They date back to antiquity, and you will find many examples still standing from the Egyptian, Greek and Roman periods.
Although functional, they were often decorated. Many of the columns in our range are in styles that date from those ancient times, like Doric, Ionic and Corinthian.
Our columns are not structural, but they can be used in conjunction with a structural element, like a steel or a wooden post. If you need more details on this please do call us.
There are usually three. The capital is the decorative bit at the top, the shaft is the main ‘trunk’, and the base, or plinth, is at the bottom.
The capital is usually what gives the column it’s name or style. The shaft can either be plain and smooth, or fluted.
Doric Columns are the oldest and simplest of the classic styles. They feature a plainer, square shaped capital.
Tuscan Columns are also plain and are very similar to Doric. They originated in Roman times.
Ionic Columns feature a more ornate capital, with a scroll design. You will find this style of column on the second level of the Colosseum in Rome.
Corinthian Columns date from ancient Greece. They also feature a more ornate capital, with an acanthus leaf design.
Half columns serve two purposes. By half we mean split vertically down the middle, so full height, but half width.
Most of the half columns that we sell are used to decoratively clad a supporting structure. So the two halves wrap around a post of some sort to form a whole.
They can also be used as decorative elements in their own right, where they are installed directly on to the wall.
A pilaster is a flat column, rather than rounded. It is installed directly onto the wall.
Whichever column or pilaster is of interest, please remember that we are on the end of the phone to offer help and technical advice if needed.
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