Possible Clues:

• Arcade
• Sounds as if one pays to live there, but only outside the house
• Room or gallery with a side open
• Open-air arcade
• Open-sided gallery for viewing
• Is the American soldier in gaol? Sounds as if he's a paying guest there
• Covered area beside building
• Covered arcade, Italian-style
• Pays to be with the family, by the sound of it, but must stay outside (6)
• Sounds like 23 across outside the house (6)