Victorian architecture

The term Victorian architecture originated in Anglophone countries and is used as an overarching term to describe the predominant architectural styles of the Victorian Age, the long period of the reign of Britain's Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1901. This current in architectural history appeared in mainland Europe as historicism.

This designation includes:

Romantic period (1820-1880)

1. Neoclassicism, compare classicism
2. Neo-Gothic
3. Italianate style

In the narrower sense (1860-1900)

1. Second Empire
2. Stick Style
3. Queen Anne style
4. shingle style
5. Richardsonian Romanesque, Romanesque Revival (includes the Richardsonian Revival).
6. Folk Victorian

Other

1. Neo-Grec
2. Renaissance Revival, compare Neo-Renaissance
3. Jacobethan architecture (forerunner of the Queen Anne style)
4. Scottish Baronial
5. the British Arts and Crafts movement
6. Painted Ladies

On the West Coast of the USA, a distinction is made between different styles of Victorian architecture. For example, San Francisco's oldest buildings on Telegraph Hill from 1850 belong to the Carpenter Gothic style, while Victorian houses in the "Italianate style" and the "Stick style" are often found in various cities on the West Coast.

The architectural style also characterizes large parts of the east coast of the USA. The city of Louisville, Kentucky, has the largest stock of Victorian mansions outside of England. The architectural style was also used in the former British colonies. In Mumbai (formerly Bombay), Victorian building ensembles in the city centre have been included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

See also

• Georgian architecture
• Historicism