The red-brick house with ornamental bargeboards on the "gables" site is similar in style to many houses (and smaller railway stations) in the UK. A few miles north of here they start to be built of stone rather than brick. Apart from the fact that wooden houses are uncommon, the design details are pretty similar.
See http://www.victorian-society.org.uk/index.html Kate Bunting Librarian and 17th century reenactor >>> Elizabeth Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 28/09/2006 15:28 >>> Here's what I think of for American Victorian houses, especially the painted ones. http://www.butteamerica.com/pladies.htm or the pineapple house on this page http://www.noehill.com/sf/alta/default.asp gables http://community.webshots.com/album/441222666CUBxOm liz young Kate M Bunting wrote: > Sharon, I'm puzzled by your comment on Victorian houses. There are > thousands of houses in the UK that we would describe as Victorian (I > grew up in one). Does the term have a specific meaning in the States > other than "in the style of the mid-late 19th century"? > > Kate Bunting > Librarian and 17th century reenactor > >>>> "Sharon L. Krossa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 27/09/2006 > 21:32 >>> > -- I'm not sure there are any > Victorian houses in the UK, in the sense of the particular housing > design style known as Victorian, but there are tons in the US. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
