In my modest Victorian house, originally built as upstairs/downstairs flats with exterior staircase, we have no entryway. We do have a covered porch with a roof that acts as the "pause" before one barges into our living room.
But I keep telling myself, we live in an ungraceful house, it's really quite pedestrian.
The other, even plainer and smaller, victorian on our street have no entryway. But the big houses at the end of the blocks have entries with double sets of doors to keep wind and chill and dirt and noise out. But then, those do face the street. Our entryway is on the side of the house so it's a tad more private that street view.