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In the late 19th century, the Cherry family made alterations to the building, replacing some of the house's original porticoes with woodwork of Victorian design. The next owner, Bob Guinn, undertook in 1935–36 to restore the porticoes to their original design, based on recollections of living members of the Cherry family.
The west front of Lichfield Cathedral as restored by George Gilbert Scott. A number of factors working together led to the spate of Victorian restoration. From the time of the English Reformation onwards, apart from necessary repairs so that buildings might remain in use, and the addition of occasional internal commemorative adornments, English churches and cathedrals were subjected to little ...
A couple with a small budget attempt to transform a Nebo Chapel, a Victorian chapel in Nebo, Hirwaun, in the Welsh valleys. [19] To better understand Nebo Chapel's philosophical and architectural antecedents, Kieran Long visits St Paul's, Covent Garden and the Royal Institute of British Architects in London and two Welsh chapels, Maesyronnen ...
Now here's something hard to believe: The White House, one of the most historically significant buildings in the world -- and the most valuable home in America -- once came close to being a teardown.
The house received its most famous make-over in 1964 when it was redressed for the premiere of the sitcom The Munsters.The third-story octagon tower with its mansard roof and four windows was altered into a covered widow's walk with a tented roof, the second-story center window was given a faux gingerbread gable, and a chimney and a crooked vampire-bat weathervane were added. [1]
Victorian houses in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco, California. Approximately 48,000 houses in the Victorian and Edwardian styles were built in San Francisco between 1849 and 1915 (with the change from Victorian to Edwardian occurring on the death of Queen Victoria in 1901). Many were painted in bright colors.
Scott McGillivray and Bryan Baeumler might just be our new favorite HGTV duo. The two renovation experts have taken over Sunday nights with Renovation Resort Showdown, a new competition series ...
The Eastlake movement was a nineteenth-century architectural and household design reform movement started by British architect and writer Charles Eastlake (1836–1906). The movement is generally considered part of the late Victorian period in terms of broad antique furniture designations.