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Gothic Revival

Also Known As Neo-Gothic, Victorian Gothic
Nineteenth-Century Revival and Eclectic Architecture

The revival of medieval Gothic forms, pointed arches, tracery, pinnacles, that began as an antiquarian taste in mid-eighteenth-century England at Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill and became the dominant style for churches, universities and public buildings across the nineteenth century. Augustus Pugin championed it as a moral as well as an aesthetic choice, and its most consequential built expression, the Houses of Parliament at Westminster designed by Charles Barry with Pugin, rebuilt the seat of the British government after the fire of 1834 in the historical language its own founding a few decades earlier had helped make fashionable again.

Facts
Disputed
Period
to 1890 2
No sharp end: influence had already peaked by the 1870s and the style fell out of fashion gradually across the 1880s and into the early 1890s.
Period
from 1749 1
The year Horace Walpole began Strawberry Hill, usually cited as the movement's starting point.
Origin Region
England 1
Connections

Influenced

Victorian Architecture, Styles and Movements

Gothic Revival is one of the dominant strands within the broader Victorian architectural era.

Influenced By

Gothic Architecture, Styles and Movements
Source Encyclopedia Britannica

Notable Examples

31 and 33 Dee Banks, Chester, Buildings and Structures
Source 31 and 33 Dee Banks, Chester (Wikipedia)
40 Wall Street, Buildings and Structures
Source 40 Wall Street (Wikipedia)
A. V. Peters House, Buildings and Structures
Source A. V. Peters House (Wikipedia)
Alexander Willis House, Buildings and Structures
Source Alexander Willis House (Wikipedia)
Alfred McCune Home, Buildings and Structures
Source Alfred McCune Home (Wikipedia)
Anderson-Thompson House, Buildings and Structures
Source Anderson-Thompson House (Wikipedia)
Ashcroft (Geneva, New York), Buildings and Structures
Source Ashcroft (Geneva, New York) (Wikipedia)
Auckland Castle, Buildings and Structures
Source Auckland Castle (Wikipedia)
Basilica di Santa Croce, Buildings and Structures
Source Basilica di Santa Croce (Wikipedia)
Big House (Palisades, New York), Buildings and Structures
Source Big House (Palisades, New York) (Wikipedia)
Bishop's House, Auckland, Buildings and Structures
Source Bishop's House, Auckland (Wikidata)
Borley Rectory, Buildings and Structures
Source Borley Rectory (Wikipedia)
Brooklyn Bridge, Buildings and Structures
Source Brooklyn Bridge (Wikipedia)
Byrnside-Beirne-Johnson House, Buildings and Structures
Source Byrnside-Beirne-Johnson House (Wikipedia)
Carthona, Darling Point, Buildings and Structures
Source Carthona, Darling Point (Wikipedia)
Casa Loma, Buildings and Structures
Source Casa Loma, Wikipedia
Centre Block, Buildings and Structures
Source Wikipedia: Centre Block
Chapultepec Castle, Buildings and Structures
Source Wikipedia: Chapultepec Castle
Chateau Frontenac, Buildings and Structures
Source Wikidata: Chateau Frontenac
Additional Source Château Frontenac, WikipediaWikipedia category: Gothic Revival architecture in Quebec City
Chennai Central Railway Station, Buildings and Structures
Source Chennai Central railway station - Wikipedia
Cragston Dependencies, Buildings and Structures
Source Cragston Dependencies (Wikipedia)
Cuddesdon Palace, Buildings and Structures
Source Cuddesdon Palace (Wikipedia)
Davenport House (New Rochelle, New York), Buildings and Structures
Source Davenport House (New Rochelle, New York) (Wikipedia)
Duckett's Grove, Buildings and Structures
Source Duckett's Grove (Wikipedia)
Dundas Castle (Roscoe, New York), Buildings and Structures
Source Dundas Castle (Roscoe, New York) (Wikipedia)
Dupee Estate-Mary Baker Eddy Home, Buildings and Structures
Source Dupee Estate-Mary Baker Eddy Home (Wikipedia)
Dutchess Company Superintendent's House, Buildings and Structures
Source Dutchess Company Superintendent's House (Wikipedia)
Edgewood Plantation and Harrison's Mill, Buildings and Structures
Source Edgewood Plantation and Harrison's Mill (Wikipedia)
Elizabeth Tower, Buildings and Structures
Source Big Ben, Wikipedia
Fairhope Plantation, Buildings and Structures
Source Fairhope Plantation (Wikipedia)
Forrest Cemetery Chapel and Comfort Station, Buildings and Structures
Source Forrest Cemetery Chapel and Comfort Station (Wikipedia)
Franklin Hinchey House, Buildings and Structures
Source Franklin Hinchey House (Wikipedia)
Gamecock Cottage, Buildings and Structures
Source Gamecock Cottage (Wikipedia)
George Hays House, Buildings and Structures
Source George Hays House (Wikipedia)
George Hildreth House, Buildings and Structures
Source George Hildreth House (Wikipedia)
George Rymph House, Buildings and Structures
Source George Rymph House (Wikipedia)
Hallgrimskirkja, Buildings and Structures
Source Hallgrimskirkja (Wikipedia)
Haus Carstanjen, Buildings and Structures
Source Haus Carstanjen (Wikipedia)
Hidden Valley Farm, Buildings and Structures
Source Hidden Valley Farm (Wikipedia)
Highland Cottage, Buildings and Structures
Source Highland Cottage (Wikipedia)
Hungarian Parliament Building, Buildings and Structures

A Gothic Revival landmark designed by Imre Steindl.

James William Beekman House, Buildings and Structures
Source James William Beekman House (Wikipedia)
John Schoolcraft House, Buildings and Structures
Source John Schoolcraft House (Wikipedia)
Laurel Hill Plantation (Adams County, Mississippi), Buildings and Structures
Source Laurel Hill Plantation (Adams County, Mississippi) (Wikipedia)
Longford Castle, Buildings and Structures
Source Longford Castle (Wikipedia)
Manchester Town Hall, Buildings and Structures
Source Manchester Town Hall - Wikipedia
Maplewood Farm (South Windham, Maine), Buildings and Structures
Source Maplewood Farm (South Windham, Maine) (Wikipedia)
McColloch-Weatherhogg Double House, Buildings and Structures
Source McColloch-Weatherhogg Double House (Wikipedia)
New Town Hall, Munich, Buildings and Structures
Source New Town Hall (Munich) - Wikipedia
Ochre Court, Buildings and Structures
Source Ochre Court (Wikipedia)

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Originated In

United Kingdom

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject originated.

Source Encyclopedia Britannica
Sources
1. Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.
  • britannica.com/art/Gothic-Revival, lead definition
    Gothic Revival, architectural style that drew its inspiration from medieval architecture and competed with the Neoclassical revivals in the United States and Great Britain.
  • Influenced By: Gothic Architecture
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2. Wikipedia
Wikimedia Foundationen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_Revival_architecture, decline passage
Quote, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_Revival_architecture, decline passage
only to begin to fall out of fashion in the 1880s and early 1890s
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Woolworth Building (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: Woolworth Building, lead paragraph, second sentence
Quote, Notable Examples: Woolworth Building, lead paragraph, second sentence
Designed by Cass Gilbert in the Neo-Gothic style, the Woolworth Building was originally an office skyscraper.
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Vienna City Hall - Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Vienna City Hall, infobox architectural_style field: Gothic RevivalView the Source
Casa Loma, Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Casa Loma, infobox architectural_style field: Gothic RevivalView the Source
Wikipedia: Centre Block
Notable Examples: Centre Block, infobox architectural_style field: Gothic RevivalView the Source
Wikipedia: Chapultepec Castle
Notable Examples: Chapultepec Castle, infobox architectural_style field: Neo-romanticism, Neoclassical, Neo-GothicView the Source
Big Ben, Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Elizabeth Tower, infobox architectural_style field: Gothic RevivalView the Source
Manchester Town Hall - Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Manchester Town Hall, infobox architectural_style field: Gothic Revival/High Victorian GothicView the Source
Royal Courts of Justice - Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Royal Courts of Justice, infobox architectural_style field: Gothic RevivalView the Source
New Town Hall (Munich) - Wikipedia
Notable Examples: New Town Hall, Munich, infobox architectural_style field: Gothic RevivalView the Source
Hallgrimskirkja (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: Hallgrimskirkja, infobox architectural_style field: Expressionist Neo-GothicView the Source
St. Vitus Cathedral (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: St. Vitus Cathedral, infobox architectural_style field: Mostly Gothic and Gothic revivalView the Source
Basilica di Santa Croce (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: Basilica di Santa Croce, infobox architectural_style field: Gothic, Renaissance, Gothic RevivalView the Source
40 Wall Street (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: 40 Wall Street, infobox architectural_style field: Neo-GothicView the Source
Borley Rectory (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Borley Rectory, infobox architectural_style field: Gothic RevivalView the Source
Duckett's Grove (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Duckett's Grove, infobox architectural_style field: Gothic revivalView the Source
Villino Pastorelli (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Villino Pastorelli, infobox architectural_style field: Gothic RevivalView the Source
Chennai Central railway station - Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Chennai Central Railway Station, Infobox style field: Gothic Revival, RomanesqueView the Source
Bishop's House, Auckland (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: Bishop's House, Auckland, Infobox style field: Late GothicView the Source
Brooklyn Bridge (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: Brooklyn Bridge, Article body
Quote, Notable Examples: Brooklyn Bridge, Article body
Each tower contains a pair of Gothic Revival pointed arches, through which the roadways run.
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Villa Cimbrone
Notable Examples: Villa Cimbrone, Article body
Quote, Notable Examples: Villa Cimbrone, Article body
a mixture of mock-Gothic, Moorish, and Venetian architectural styles
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Cuddesdon Palace (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Cuddesdon Palace, Article body
Quote, Notable Examples: Cuddesdon Palace, Article body
It was designed by the Gothic Revival architect Benjamin Ferrey.
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Dupee Estate-Mary Baker Eddy Home (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Dupee Estate-Mary Baker Eddy Home, Architecture section
Quote, Notable Examples: Dupee Estate-Mary Baker Eddy Home, Architecture section
has been described variously as "Ruskinian Gothic" or "Gothic, Stick/Eastlake."
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Haus Carstanjen (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Haus Carstanjen, Article body
Quote, Notable Examples: Haus Carstanjen, Article body
The original castle consists of an angular, Neo-Gothic three-story building, with two circular turrets, roofed conically in grey slate, mullioned windows, and colonnaded galleries.
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Seymour Lodge (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Seymour Lodge, Lead
Quote, Notable Examples: Seymour Lodge, Lead
Seymour Lodge is a Victorian Gothic mansion located in Perth Road, Dundee, Scotland.
View the Source
Maplewood Farm (South Windham, Maine) (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Maplewood Farm (South Windham, Maine), Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Maplewood Farm (South Windham, Maine), Infobox: architecture
Georgian, Gothic Revival
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Rocky Hill Castle (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: Rocky Hill Castle, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Rocky Hill Castle, Infobox: architecture
Greek Revival, Italianate and Gothic Revival
View the Source
Longford Castle (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Longford Castle, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Longford Castle, Infobox: architecture
Elizabethan and Gothic Revival architecture
View the Source
Auckland Castle (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Auckland Castle, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Auckland Castle, Infobox: architecture
Gothic; Gothic Revival
View the Source
The Bower (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: The Bower, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: The Bower, Infobox: architecture
Gothic Revival, Federal
View the Source
Carthona, Darling Point (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Carthona, Darling Point, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Carthona, Darling Point, Infobox: architecture
Gothic Revival architecture
View the Source
Ashcroft (Geneva, New York) (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Ashcroft (Geneva, New York), Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Ashcroft (Geneva, New York), Infobox: architecture
Gothic Revival
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Cragston Dependencies (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Cragston Dependencies, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Cragston Dependencies, Infobox: architecture
Gothic Revival
View the Source
A. V. Peters House (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: A. V. Peters House, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: A. V. Peters House, Infobox: architecture
Gothic Revival, Rural Gothic
View the Source
Fairhope Plantation (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Fairhope Plantation, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Fairhope Plantation, Infobox: architecture
Gothic Revival
View the Source
Gamecock Cottage (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Gamecock Cottage, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Gamecock Cottage, Infobox: architecture
Gothic Revival
View the Source
31 and 33 Dee Banks, Chester (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: 31 and 33 Dee Banks, Chester, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: 31 and 33 Dee Banks, Chester, Infobox: architecture
Gothic Revival
View the Source
Franklin Hinchey House (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Franklin Hinchey House, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Franklin Hinchey House, Infobox: architecture
Gothic Revival
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Davenport House (New Rochelle, New York) (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Davenport House (New Rochelle, New York), Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Davenport House (New Rochelle, New York), Infobox: architecture
Gothic Revival
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Big House (Palisades, New York) (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Big House (Palisades, New York), Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Big House (Palisades, New York), Infobox: architecture
Gothic Revival, Vernacular Dutch Colonial
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Laurel Hill Plantation (Adams County, Mississippi) (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Laurel Hill Plantation (Adams County, Mississippi), Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Laurel Hill Plantation (Adams County, Mississippi), Infobox: architecture
Gothic Revival
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Dutchess Company Superintendent's House (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Dutchess Company Superintendent's House, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Dutchess Company Superintendent's House, Infobox: architecture
Greek Revival, Gothic Revival
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John Schoolcraft House (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: John Schoolcraft House, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: John Schoolcraft House, Infobox: architecture
Gothic Revival
View the Source
Highland Cottage (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Highland Cottage, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Highland Cottage, Infobox: architecture
Gothic Revival
View the Source
McColloch-Weatherhogg Double House (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: McColloch-Weatherhogg Double House, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: McColloch-Weatherhogg Double House, Infobox: architecture
Gothic Revival
View the Source
Hidden Valley Farm (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Hidden Valley Farm, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Hidden Valley Farm, Infobox: architecture
Greek Revival, Gothic Revival
View the Source
Forrest Cemetery Chapel and Comfort Station (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Forrest Cemetery Chapel and Comfort Station, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Forrest Cemetery Chapel and Comfort Station, Infobox: architecture
Late Gothic Revival
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Plumbush (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Plumbush, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Plumbush, Infobox: architecture
Gothic Revival
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George Hays House (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: George Hays House, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: George Hays House, Infobox: architecture
Gothic Revival
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George Rymph House (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: George Rymph House, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: George Rymph House, Infobox: architecture
Colonial, Gothic Revival
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Byrnside-Beirne-Johnson House (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Byrnside-Beirne-Johnson House, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Byrnside-Beirne-Johnson House, Infobox: architecture
Gothic Revival
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Seven Oaks Estate (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Seven Oaks Estate, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Seven Oaks Estate, Infobox: architecture
Gothic Revival
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Anderson-Thompson House (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Anderson-Thompson House, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Anderson-Thompson House, Infobox: architecture
Gothic Revival
View the Source
Alexander Willis House (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Alexander Willis House, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Alexander Willis House, Infobox: architecture
Greek Revival, Gothic Revival
View the Source
James William Beekman House (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: James William Beekman House, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: James William Beekman House, Infobox: architecture
Gothic Revival, "Rural Gothic"
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George Hildreth House (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: George Hildreth House, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: George Hildreth House, Infobox: architecture
Gothic Revival
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Villa Strohl Fern (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Villa Strohl Fern, Introduction
Quote, Notable Examples: Villa Strohl Fern, Introduction
The Villa Strohl Fern is a semi-urban Neo-Gothic-style, palace, or casino, and gardens erected in the late 19th century on the grounds of the Villa Borghese in Rome.
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Orange Grove Plantation House (Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana) (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Orange Grove Plantation House (Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana), History
Quote, Notable Examples: Orange Grove Plantation House (Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana), History
The Orange Grove Plantation house was a Gothic Revival mansion built in Louisiana before the American Civil War.
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Edgewood Plantation and Harrison's Mill (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Edgewood Plantation and Harrison's Mill, Construction
Quote, Notable Examples: Edgewood Plantation and Harrison's Mill, Construction
Circa 1849, Edgewood Plantation is an exquisite 7,000 square foot example of Gothic Revival architecture.
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Rijksmuseum, Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Rijksmuseum, Wikipedia categories
Quote, Notable Examples: Rijksmuseum, Wikipedia categories
Category:Gothic Revival architecture in the Netherlands
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Ochre Court (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Ochre Court, Wikipedia categories
Quote, Notable Examples: Ochre Court, Wikipedia categories
Category:Gothic Revival architecture in Rhode Island
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Alfred McCune Home (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Alfred McCune Home, Wikipedia article
Quote, Notable Examples: Alfred McCune Home, Wikipedia article
The design chosen was a Gothic Revival plan with East Asian influence.
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Dundas Castle (Roscoe, New York) (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Dundas Castle (Roscoe, New York), Wikipedia article
Quote, Notable Examples: Dundas Castle (Roscoe, New York), Wikipedia article
Designed in the Gothic Revival and Elizabethan Revival styles, the 36-room residence was constructed between 1910 and 1924, but never completed or occupied by Dundas or his wife Josephine because he died in 1921.
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Château Frontenac, Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Chateau Frontenac, Wikipedia category: Gothic Revival architecture in Quebec City
Quote, Notable Examples: Chateau Frontenac, Wikipedia category: Gothic Revival architecture in Quebec City
Category:Gothic Revival architecture in Quebec City
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Gothic Revival architecture (Wikipedia)
In Group: Nineteenth-Century Revival Styles of Britain and Ireland, Lead paragraph
Quote, In Group: Nineteenth-Century Revival Styles of Britain and Ireland, Lead paragraph
Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or Neo-Gothic) is an architectural movement that after a gradual build-up beginning in the second half of the 17th century became a widespread movement in the first half of the 19th century, mostly in England.
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