Gothic Revival architecture has many of these features:
- Pointed windows with decorative tracery
- Grouped chimneys
- Pinnacles
- Battlements and shaped parapets
- Leaded glass
- Quatrefoil and clover-shaped windows
- Oriel windows
- Asymmetrical floor plan
Victorian Gothic House Styles: History and Pictures
By Jackie Craven, About.com
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The First Gothic Revival Homes
Strawberry Hill, Gothic Revival Home of Sir Horace Walpole
Johnann Heinrich Muntz, painter. Public Domain
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.
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