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Portcullises had an
advantage over
standard gates in that they
could be
closed immediately at a time of
crisis by a
single guard. Two
portcullises to...
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Portcullis House (PCH) is an
office building in Westminster, London, England, that was
commissioned in 1992 and
opened in 2001 to
provide offices for 213...
- quasi-official
emblem of the
Houses of
Parliament is a
crowned portcullis. The
portcullis was
originally the
badge of
various English noble families from...
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September 2023. "
PORTCULLIS HOUSE PLANNING STATEMENT –
AUGUST 2021" (PDF).
PORTCULLIS HOUSE PLANNING STATEMENT.
Watkin Jones Group. "
PORTCULLIS HOUSE PLANNING...
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Portcullis Pursuivant of Arms in
Ordinary is a
junior officer of arms at the
College of Arms in London. The
office is
named after the
Portcullis chained...
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forming an
additional barrier to entry. It
would be
backed by one or more
portcullises and gates.
Access to the
bridge could be
resisted with
missiles from...
- with the word "loyal". His
emblem was the
Tudor rose and the
Beaufort portcullis. As king, Henry's arms were the same as
those used by his predecessors...
- towers,
particularly the
later ones, were
equipped with them
rather than
portcullises – but some iron
gates are
found in the
Border counties of England. While...
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Castle Gate or
Castlegate may
refer to: The gate of a
castle (such as a
portcullis) Castlegate,
Aberdeen in Aberdeen,
Scotland Castlegate Quarter in Sheffield...
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fortified gatehouses would normally include a drawbridge, one or more
portcullises, machicolations,
arrow loops and
possibly even murder-holes
where stones...
