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Queen Anne 2

Victorian Lady

Side from its many impressive Queen Anne elements, in a region that loved brick, the wood frame of this example sets it apart. Common style elements on this ca. 1880 house include: the hipped roof with lower cross gables (one forward facing); decorative brick work on the chimney(s); use of oriel (or cantilevered bay) windows and cutaway bays to interrupt flat surfaces; plus an expansive one storey porch that extends across part of the facade and down one side (which in other builds might have wrapped the entire facade and/or down both sides). A round, square or polygonal tower, usually on a corner of the facade, was de rigueur. This house shows a less common central placement of the interrupted (by the porch) polygonal tower topped by a copper clad onion cap and finial. The spindlework and cladding details, including the flared shingle band that wraps the house, bear a distinct US Queen Anne flavour. Note the curved glass in the oriel (something that has been very rarely been replicated since) and stained glass inserts. Overall, a stunning Queen Anne design.

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In town Queen Anne

Demure Queen Anne

Not all Queen Anne homes were towered and prominently decorated. In fact, the majority of Queen Anne houses built in Canadian towns and cities leaned toward the more reserved designs of the English school. This circa 1890 home is representative of the demure Queen Anne. Asymmetrical, the facade is dominated by the two storey bay which rises into a full width front facing gable defined by dentiled moulding with panel moulding above, fishscale shingles, a banded (ribbon) window opening and brackets supporting the overhanging portion above the portico. Tall, molded chimneys with decorative brickwork rise above the high pitched roof. On the right wall, another two storey bay rises beneath a cross gable, while on the left side (see inset photo below) a second storey cantilevered cross gable, entirely clad in diamond shingles, is supported by brackets; both of which interrupt what might otherwise be flat surfaces. A classically inspired portico, with a faux balcony above, shelters the front entry. Here, as in most English designs, it is the use of multiple complementary elements that work together to produce the “decorated house” which typify the Queen Anne style.  

City Queen Anne

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Arch
Arch, Pointed
Arch, Segmental
Arch, Semi-circular
Bargeboard
Belvedere
Board &amp; Batten
Bracket
Brick
Brick, Bond
Brick, Common Bond
Brick, Course
Brick, English Bond
Brick, Flemish Bond
Brick, Header/Stretcher
Brick, Queen Closer
Brick, Running Bond
Brick, Structural
Brick, Wythe
Building Form
Bungalow
Carport
Cladding
Clapboard
Classical Orders
Clerestory
Column
Column, Composite
Column, Corinthian
Column, Doric
Column, Ionic
Column, Solomonic
Column, Tuscan
Cornice
Cornice, Eave
Cornice, Raking
Cupola
Dentil
Door, 6 Panel
Door, French
Door, Garden
Door, Patio
Door, Plank
Dormer
Dormer, Arched-top
Dormer, Eyebrow
Dormer, Gabled
Dormer, Hipped
Dormer, Pedimented
Dormer, Recessed
Dormer, Shed
Dormer, Wall
Eave
Eave, Fascia
Eave, Soffit
Elevation
Entablature
Entablature, Classical
Entablature, Composite
Entablature, Corinthian
Entablature, Doric
Entablature, Ionic
Entablature, Tuscan
Facade
Facade Bay
Facade, 2 Bay (2 Ranked)
Facade, 3 Bay (3 Ranked)
Facade, 4 Bay (4 Ranked)
Facade, 5 Bay (5 Ranked)
Facade, Asymmetrical
Facade, Multiple Bay (6+ Ranked)
Facade, Symmetrical
Facade, X/Y Bay (e.g. 3/5)
Flushboard
Foursquare (American)
Framing
Framing, Balloon
Framing, Brace
Framing, Platform
Framing, Timber
Frontispiece
Gable
Glass
Glass, Crown
Glass, Cylinder
Glass, Drawn
Glass, Float
Glass, Stained
Half Timber
Lime Rendering
Lintel
Lumber
Lumber, Dimensional
Lumber, Rough Sawn
Modillion
Molding
Molding, Hood
Mortar Rendering
Mullion
Muntin
Nail
Nail, Hand-forged
Nail, Machine Cut
Nail, Wire
Pattress Plate
Pediment
Pediment, Broken
Pediment, Open
Pediment, Segmental
Pilaster
Porch
Portico
Portico, Flying
Quoin
Rafter
Rafter, Extended
Rafter, Overhanging
Romantic
Roof
Roof, Clipped Gable
Roof, Cross Gable
Roof, Cross-hipped
Roof, Eichler
Roof, Flat
Roof, Gabled
Roof, Gambrel
Roof, High Pitch
Roof, Hipped
Roof, Low Pitch
Roof, Mansard
Roof, Medium Pitch
Roof, Pitch
Roof, Truss
Shake, Cedar
Shingle
Shingle, Asphalt
Shingle, Cedar
Shingle, Slate
Stone, Ashlar
Stone, Rubble
Stone, Rusticated
Stucco
Transom
Usonian
Veneer
Veneer, Brick
Veneer, Stone
Verandah
Vernacular
Victorian
Voussoir
Water Table
Window
Window, 1 over 1
Window, 12 over 12
Window, 12 over 8
Window, 2 over 2
Window, 6 over 6
Window, 8 over 8
Window, Bay
Window, Casement
Window, Clerestory
Window, Dormer
Window, Double-hung
Window, Fanlight
Window, Leaded
Window, Oriel
Window, Paired
Window, Palladian
Window, Picture
Window, Porthole
Window, Ribbon
Window, Sidelight
Window, Single-hung
Window, Transom