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Victorian ArchitectureVictorian Gothic House Styles: History and PicturesThe First Gothic Revival Homes![]() Strawberry Hill, Gothic Revival Home of Sir Horace Walpole Johnann Heinrich Muntz, painter. Public Domain Previous | Next >> In the mid-1700s, the English author Sir Horace Walpole decided to redo his country home with details inspired by medieval churches and cathedrals. Walpole's house, located at Strawberry Hill near Twickenham, became a model for Gothic Revival architecture.
Gothic Revival architecture has many of these features:
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