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Victorian houses are also found in many former British colonies where the style might be adapted to local building materials or customs, for example in Sydney, Australia and Melaka, Malaysia. The Victorian Society is a membership charity which campaigns for Victorian architecture.
Cragside is a Victorian Tudor Revival country house near the town of Rothbury in Northumberland, England. It was the home of William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, founder of the Armstrong Whitworth armaments firm.
Victorian refers to the reign of Queen Victoria (1837–1901), called the Victorian era, during which period the styles known as Victorian were used in construction. However, many elements of what is typically termed "Victorian" architecture did not become popular until later in Victoria's reign, roughly from 1850 and later.
A row of typical British terraced houses in Manchester. Terraced houses have been popular in the United Kingdom, particularly England and Wales, since the 17th century. They were originally built as desirable properties, such as the townhouses for the nobility around Regent's Park in central London, and the Georgian architecture that defines the World Heritage Site of Bath.
Hughenden Manor, Hughenden, Buckinghamshire, England, is a Victorian mansion, with earlier origins, that served as the country house of the Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield. It is now owned by the National Trust and open to the public.
Wightwick Manor (/ ˈ w ɪ t ɪ k / WIT-ik [1]) is a Victorian house in Wightwick Bank, a suburb of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. It was commissioned in 1887 from the architect Edward Ould by Theodore Mander of Mander Brothers, a Wolverhampton paint and varnish manufacturer. It stands adjacent to the Old Manor, a late sixteenth or ...
Pages in category "Victorian architecture in England" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total. ... Beaney House of Art and Knowledge;
A Victorian country house which was designed in the Italianate style by the London architect, Philip Wilkinson. He was commissioned by Charles Sabine Augustus Thellusson, who had demolished the original Georgian house of 1713. It is a Grade I listed building. Conisbrough Castle: Castle: 11th century Ruins