What are Victorian Houses?
Victorian houses are homes built during the rule of Britain’s Queen Victoria, from 1837-1901, or homes built in a similar style. A number of styles of architecture were prominent during the Victorian period, but most people think of a Queen Anne style home when they think about Victorian houses. The elaborate architecture of a Queen Anne reminds most people of a fancy cake, with a variety of angles and lacy decorative trim. Queen Annes are not the only Victorian houses, however; other styles include Second Empire, Italianate, and stick style, among others. The classic Queen Anne is distinguished by a number of features. Usually, a Queen Anne is wooden, and has two to three stories with steeply pitched slate roofs and distinctive gables. The house is rarely rectangular; Queen Annes have unusual footprints made bulgy by bay windows and sprawling porches, along with nonlinear floor plans. Most Queen Annes have large many paned windows with lavish decorative trim, and the porch and roof li
