In Great Britain and former British colonies, a Victorian house generally means any house built during the reign of Queen Victoria. During the Industrial Revolution, successive housing booms resulted in the building of many millions of Victorian houses which are now a defining feature of most British towns and cities.
Typical Victorian terraced houses in England, built in brick with slate roofs, stone details and modest decoration.
"High execution" of U.S. Queen Anne style: The Carson Mansion located in Eureka, California.
John B. Kane Residence, South Los Angeles (Eastlake)
The Farnam Mansion, Oneida, New York. (Italianate)
The Victorian Society is a UK charity and amenity society that campaigns to preserve and promote interest in Victorian and Edwardian architecture and heritage built between 1837 and 1914 in England and Wales. As a statutory consultee, by law it must be notified of any work to a listed building which involves any element of demolition or structural alteration.
The society's headquarters, 1 Priory Gardens, Bedford Park, London, built 1880 by E. J. May in British Queen Anne Revival style
The society helped to save St Pancras Station from demolition.