Victorian architecture

St Pancras railway station

The Crystal Palace building

During the Victorian era was well known for its thousands of terraced buildings designed for workers living near the industrial areas, This was most common in the North and Midlands. many larger buildings have also been built for the houses of rich members society. A Victorian property has several distinguishable characteristics such as brickwork, high ceilings, bay windows, brick porches, and ornate gable trim among others. The term Victorian architecture can refer to one of a number of architectural styles that were employed in the Victorian era.^[1] This kind of architecture is named after Queen Victoria. Built-in the late 1800s and early 1900s (during the reign of Queen Victoria), this architecture is a style of its own. Gracious, modestly ornate, solidly built and practical, these homes have stood the test of time. ^[2] These architectural styles include:

Gothic Revival: examples are St Pancras railway station (1868); the rebuilt main chambers of the Houses of Parliament (1850 to 1870);^[3] Natural History Museum.

Buildings made possible by new technology. The obvious example being the Crystal Palace (1851), which used cast iron and glass as its main elements. See Covent Garden and many provincial markets for the same method of construction.

Completely different was the Arts and Crafts movement, which aimed at human-scale buildings based on traditional styles. It had effect in some of the new towns built in the late 19th to early 20th century in Britain.

Victorian Architecture Media

St. Pancras railway station and Midland Hotel in London, opened in 1868
Selwyn College, Cambridge
Central Hall of the Natural History Museum, London
The China Merchants Bank Building is an example of Victorian architecture found in Shanghai, China.
Modern skyscrapers on Collins Street, Melbourne, have been deliberately set back from the street in order to retain Victorian-era buildings.
Most terraces in Australia have been preserved. Pictured are Victorian style terraces in Sydney
Victorian Queenstown (Cobh)
The Painted Ladies are an example of Victorian architecture found in San Francisco, California.
Victorian facades on 16th Street, San Francisco
An example of residential architecture in the Old West End District (Toledo, Ohio), a well preserved historic district full of Victorian architecture