- A
portcullis (from Old
French porte coleice 'sliding gate') is a heavy,
vertically closing gate
typically found in
medieval fortifications. It consists...
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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...
-
partially demolish the
existing Portcullis House to make way for the
construction of The Ard. The
development at
Portcullis House aims to be a
major part...
- 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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Operation Portcullis (1–5
December 1942) was the
voyage of the
Allied Convoy MW 14 with
supplies to
Malta from Port Said in
Egypt during the
Second World...
- War, the UK "thruppenny bit" coin (3 old pence),
which had
featured a
portcullis on its
reverse side,
changed to a
depiction of the
thrift plant, as a...
-
manor of
Beaufort ("beautiful stronghold") in Champagne, France. The
Portcullis heraldic badge of the Beauforts, now the
emblem of the
House of Commons...
- 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...
- bars used for
defensive purposes in
castles and
tower houses.
Unlike a
portcullis,
which is
raised and
lowered vertically using mechanical means, yetts...
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design of this
first issue shows on the
obverse the king
enthroned with a
portcullis beneath his feet,
surrounded by the
legend IACOBUS DG MAG BRIT FRAN ET...
