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A portcullis (from Old French porte coleice 'sliding gate') is a heavy, vertically closing gate typically found in medieval fortifications. [1] A portcullis gate is constructed of a latticed grille , made of wood or metal or both, which slides down grooves inset within each jamb of the gateway.
The vicarage, later a private house, is in stone, with an eaves band, and a tile roof with a stone ridge, coping and shaped kneelers. There are two storeys and an attic, and three bays. On the front is a doorway, and the windows are horizontally-sliding sashes with raised surrounds and keystones. [21] II
A stone house on a plinth, with quoins, and a pantile roof with a coped gable and square-ended kneelers. There are two storeys and two bays. On the front is a weatherboarded porch, and the windows are horizontally-sliding sashes. [16] Garden gates and railings, Hammer and Hand
A screened porch on the rear of a house in the southwestern United States. A screened porch, also known as a screen room, is a type of porch or similar structure on or near the exterior of a house that has been covered by window screens in order to hinder insects, debris, and other undesirable objects from entering the area inside the screen.
The house has colour washed rendered brick on the front and chalk on the left gable wall, whitewashed chalk at the rear, and has a floor band, a stepped brick eaves course, and a pantile roof. There are two storeys, four bays, and a rear outshut. In the centre is a doorway with a divided fanlight, and a timber porch
In front of it is a Tuscan colonnade with an entablature and a central entrance, and behind the columns are vertical iron posts. To the left is a sandstone screen wall with a balustraded parapet, containing a doorway with an architrave, a tripartite keystone, and a recessed panel to its right. [95] II: Water tower, Hartforth Hall
A lanai or lānai is a type of roofed, open-sided veranda, patio, or porch originating in Hawaii. [1] [2] Many homes, apartment buildings, hotels and restaurants in Hawaii are built with one or more lānais. [3]
The piers are in stone, the gates and the end piers have channelled rustication. The gate piers also have tapering panels surmounted by pediments, on which are carved gryphonic heads, and are flanked by dwarf walls with rock-faced intermediate piers. The gates and railings are in cast iron and have spear finials. [21] II: Middle Lodge, gate ...