Victorian Houses

Victorian Houses and Their Details

Victorian Houses presents the architectural detailing of the time in the context of the era - providing a comprehensive understanding of its architecture and design.
Pattern books played a vital role in the dissemination of taste between architect, builder and client in the nineteenth and early twentieth century. By focusing on the contribution of the pattern book to the architecture of the Victorian and Edwardian eras, the various trends of the time are documented.

Social and economic factors

The types of publications and other sources of taste available at different points over this period reflected social and economic factors, such as the changing demand or changes in organisation of manufacturing and retail.

Victorian Houses and Their Details by Helen Long
ISBN: 0750648481

Victorian House Style

Whether you wish to restore a period Victorian house, or simply recreate the intimate splendour of the period, this comprehensive book will show you how. Drawing on original catalogue material, Victorian House Style features many specially commissioned colour photographs of modern 'Victorian' interiors.

Artistic influences on Victorian style

This material helps shed light on the many artistic influences on Victorian style, and provides a pictorial social history of domestic life at the end of the 19th century. After looking at the development of the Victorian house and the main architectural styles that evolved, further chapters examine the design potential of the various structural features. The author looks at doors and windows, halls and staircases, cornices and ceiligs.

Victorian style explored in detail

Victorian style in individual rooms, from living rooms and kitchens to bathrooms and bedrooms is also explored in detail. Together with the facade and the garden, these rooms are examined in terms of how they would have been then.

Victorian House Style: An Architectural and Interior Design Source Book by Linda Osband
ISBN: 0715313193