Features of Victorian Style Architecture


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

Example of a Style Victorian Home:
Picture Source: Victorian Architecture

References:

    Glenn, PBG. Victorian Architecture Vocabulary. Retrieved Feb 28, 2001 from World Wide Web:http://www.aspenhistory.org/vicvocab.html