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    The document provides a reference sheet on features of Victorian style architecture. It lists common house styles from the Victorian era such as Queen Anne and Italianate. It then defines key architectural elements typically seen on Victorian homes like bay windows, columns, dormers, cornices, and gabled roofs. Examples of Victorian houses with these features are also included.

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    The document provides a reference sheet on features of Victorian style architecture. It lists common house styles from the Victorian era such as Queen Anne and Italianate. It then defines key architectural elements typically seen on Victorian homes like bay windows, columns, dormers, cornices, and gabled roofs. Examples of Victorian houses with these features are also included.

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    Features of Victorian Style Architecture

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    Features of Victorian Style Architecture reference sheet

    The definition of a Victorian house is any house that was built during the reign of Queen Victoria of England. Queen Victoria reigned from June 20th, 1837 to January 22, 1901. During the Victorian era, many styles of houses were popular. Here is a list of popular Victorian house styles.
    British Arts and Crafts movement Gothic Revival Italianate Jacobethan Neoclassicism Neo-Grec Painted ladies Queen Anne Renaissance Revival Romanesque Revival Second Empire Stick-Eastlake Industrial architecture

    Although there were many different types of Victorian houses, they all shared many of the same detailed architectural features. Here is a list of Victorian Style Architectural features:

    The Features of Victorian Style Architecture are:

    Bay Window
    A window that sticks out of a house, that can have windows on the side of it. Source:Victorian Architecture Vocabulary

    Dentils

    A molding going around a house with rectangle holes in it. Source:Victorian Architecture Vocabulary

    Column
    A round or square shaped post usually holding up the roof. Source:Victorian Architecture Vocabulary

    Dormer
    A window that sticks out from the roof that has a roof of its own. Source:Victorian Architecture Vocabulary

    Clapboard Siding
    Wood siding used on a house. Source:Victorian Architecture Vocabulary

    Cornice

    The piece that runs along were the roof and wall meets. Source:Victorian Architecture Vocabulary

    Entablature
    The upper part of a wall or story. Source:Victorian Architecture Vocabulary

    Gable
    The triangular part at the end of a building formed by the two sides of a sloping roof. Source:Victorian Architecture Vocabulary

    Pediment
    The piece that comes out from the roof and covers the porch. Source:Victorian Architecture Vocabulary

    Lintel
    A post that goes across the top of a window or door. Source:Victorian Architecture Vocabulary

    Portico
    A porch with a roof. Source:Victorian Architecture Vocabulary

    Mansard Roof
    A roof with two slopes, and often it is flat on top. Source:Victorian Architecture Vocabulary

    Transom
    A window or panel, usually operable, above a window or door. Source:Victorian Architecture Vocabulary

    Turret
    A small, skinny tower usually at the corner of a building. Source:Victorian Architecture Vocabulary

    Windows
    Oriel Window: Begins above the ground and heads up. Bay Window: See top of page. Reveal Window: Just sticks out from the wall. Source:Victorian Architecture Vocabulary Here are some images of Victorian homes:

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