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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 shoji are surrounded by an engawa (porch/corridor); the engawa is surrounded by garasu-do, all-glass sliding panels. A shoji ( 障 （ しょう ） 子 （ じ ） , Japanese pronunciation: [ɕo:(d)ʑi] ) is a door, window or room divider used in traditional Japanese architecture , consisting of translucent (or transparent) sheets on a ...
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.
On the front is a gabled porch with a decorative pointed arch and hood mould, and a crest in the gable. Above it is a large three-light traceried window, above which is a traceried round window. The other windows are casements with pointed arched heads, and to the right is a small dormer .
The pebbledashed house has a slate roof, an L-shaped plan, is in two storeys, and has a symmetrical front. The windows are mullioned. In the 1880s a gabled porch with heavy bargeboards was added by John Douglas. [7] II: Railings (north), Eaton Hall: c. 1810
In the centre of the front is a Greek Doric tetrastyle porch with a pediment, and double doors with a fanlight. The windows are sashes with splayed voussoirs, those in the ground floor with aprons. The left return has three bays, and round-headed arches, one containing a French window, and extending from it is a screen wall.
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.
The south front facing the drive has three bays, with a canted bay window in the middle bay, and Tudor arched doorways in the outer bays. The east front contains a cross-window with a hood mould. On the corner is a gateway that has a gate pier with a cruciform plan and a four-way gabled top, and a wrought iron gate. [2] [11] II: Screen wall ...