The peristyle consisted of a three side portico with fluted Doric columns, the lower third of which were enlarged and painted red.  Iron clamps found in the garden suggest a wooden fence.  On the unroofed end wall was a trompe l'oeil wooden fence but sadly the imaginary garden within is no longer visible.   A lararium, built in the form of a small temple with architectural components in stucco relief is built in the tall podium onto the back wall of the viridarium to the west.  Two more cubiculi with 4th style frescos open onto the west portico