Victorian architecture

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Victorian architecture is a richly ornamental 19th-century architectural style characterized by intricate detailing, asymmetrical facades, steep roofs, and eclectic historical influences.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural style
historical architecture
architecturalPeriod 19th century
Industrial Revolution era
associatedWith industrialization
middle-class housing
ornamental gardens
railway development
suburban villas
terraced houses
urban expansion
characterizedBy asymmetrical facades
bay windows
complex rooflines
decorative bargeboards
decorative terracotta
eclectic historical influences
elaborate porches
highly articulated facades
intricate detailing
ornamental ironwork
patterned roof slates
polychrome brickwork
rich ornamentation
stained glass windows
steeply pitched roofs
towers and turrets
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
endTime circa 1901
followedBy Edwardian architecture
follows Georgian architecture
Georgian architecture
surface form: Regency architecture
geographicDistribution Australia
Canada
India
New Zealand
South Africa
United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
hasNotableArchitect Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
Charles Barry
George Gilbert Scott
Norman Shaw
Richard Norman Shaw
William Butterfield
hasNotableExample Carson Mansion
Osborne House estate
surface form: Osborne House

Palace of Westminster
Royal Albert Hall
London St Pancras International
surface form: St Pancras railway station

Painted Ladies
surface form: The Painted Ladies of San Francisco
hasPart Gothic Revival
surface form: Gothic Revival architecture

Gothic Revival domestic architecture
Italianate architecture
Victorian architecture self-linksurface differs
surface form: Queen Anne architecture

Renaissance Revival architecture
Romanesque Revival architecture
Second Empire
surface form: Second Empire architecture

Shingle style architecture
Stick style architecture
influencedBy Second Empire
surface form: French Second Empire architecture

Gothic architecture
Italian Renaissance architecture
Renaissance architecture
Romanesque architecture
classical architecture
medieval architecture
namedAfter Queen Victoria
startTime circa 1837
styleTendsTo ornamental excess
picturesque compositions
visual complexity
typicalMaterial brick
cast iron
slate
stone
terracotta
timber
wrought iron
usedFor churches
commercial buildings
public buildings
railway stations
residential buildings

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this entity surface form: Late Victorian architecture
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this entity surface form: Victorian
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this entity surface form: Late Victorian architecture
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this entity surface form: Victorian Free Classical
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this entity surface form: Victorian Free Classical
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Eastlake style partOf Victorian architecture
Samuel Newsom genre Victorian architecture
Samuel Newsom architecturalStyle Victorian architecture
this entity surface form: Victorian
St Alban the Martyr, Holborn architecturalPeriod Victorian architecture