Though the United States declared independence from the British crown in 1776, British influence, especially in architecture, has continued for hundreds of years. Victorian houses, for example ...

As architecture historian William Morgan explains, the Victorian era ran from Queen Victoria’s ascension to the throne in 1837 to her death in 1901 and includes a host of highly detailed styles.

The features that define Victorian architecture — bright colors, intricate woodwork, dramatic roofs — sound cheerful enough. So why has the style popularized in the 19th century become so ...

Brodsworth’s rose garden has also been restored to its original Victorian design, with more than 200 roses including heritage, shrub, ramblers and climbing varieties which would have been ...

John Betjeman, an English writer and broadcaster, was a staunch defender of Victorian architecture in Britain. Writing in ‘Pavement in the Sun’ in 1967, Jack House gave an account of Betjeman ...

In designer Scarlett Gowing's study is a circular table by Portuguese firm HMD Interiors with a vintage 1950s George Nelson lamp hanging above. “The light is enormous,” she says of the choice ...

GORGE-OUS The English Victorian attraction in an ‘enchanted’ forest with lakes, waterfalls, and a 1000-acre mountain landscape ...

This English country manor, featuring Georgian architecture and Victorian elegance, was designed by London-based designer Juliette Byrne.

A stroll through Los Gatos' pristine residential neighborhoods reveals hundreds of Victorian-era homes, including ornate English Queen Anne-style houses that look straight out of Architectural Digest.

Victorian townhouses with up to six bedrooms in the center of town start from £350,000 (US$442,000), rising to around £850,000 at the top end, with a rear garden.