The manor house style “Queen Anne” in Late Victorian estate architecture. Features of the layout and facade decoration

Abstract

The article concerns one of stylistic tendencies in English country house architecture of Late Victorian time, ‘Queen Anne style’. That time in the field of manor architecture is characterized by a motley stylistic variety. However, the so-called “national styles” come to the fore. An appeal to the images of the national past was characteristic for the Victorian time in general. The interest was aroused mostly for the epochs that were considered ‘golden age’ of British Empire, such as medieval heritage or the Tudor epoch.

In the Late Victorian time the attention of architects is increasingly drawn by the Queen Anne epoch. The article examines the features of the interpretation of architectural images in Victorian age. That interpretation is discussed in two aspects: the planning decision and façade composition.

The article traces the changes occurring in those years in the planning of country houses, as well as the relationship of those changes with the social situation of the Late Victorian time and the nature of the order. It considers also the deliberative (in the scientific literature) question of the ‘Queen Anne style’ chronology and its distinguishing peculiarities