Styles and Movements

Georgian Architecture

Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassical Architecture

Georgian architecture is the name given to the family of classical building styles current in Britain and its colonies between 1714 and 1830, spanning the reigns in continuous succession of the four Hanoverian King Georges. It is defined chiefly by its classicism, expressed in facades using classical pilasters, pedimented doors and windows and graceful moldings, most visibly in the uniform, symmetrical terraces of townhouses that still line entire squares in cities such as London, Bath, Edinburgh and Dublin. The Georgian era was a relatively peaceful and prosperous period in Britain that saw a marked increase in building of every kind, from grand country houses and villas to industrial and civic structures and designed landscape parks, most of it worked in the classical idiom. Many Georgian buildings and streetscapes are protected today as listed buildings or within conservation areas because of the coherence and quality of the classical urban fabric they created.

Facts

Period

1714 to 1830 1

Origin Region

Britain 1

Connections

Influenced

Colonial Revival Architecture

American Colonial Revival, beginning around the 1876 centennial, explicitly revived the symmetrical facades and detailing of British colonial Georgian architecture.

Federal Architecture

The post-independence American Federal style is a direct regional development from British Georgian architecture.

Influenced By

Palladian Architecture

British Georgian architecture, especially the early to mid eighteenth century, is heavily Palladian in derivation.

Notable Examples

Hope Park

Source Hope Park (Wikidata)

Isaac Hardenbergh House

Source Isaac Hardenbergh House (Wikipedia)

James Thome Farm

Source James Thome Farm (Wikipedia)

John Johnson House (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Source John Johnson House (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) (Wikipedia)

John Roseberry Homestead

Source John Roseberry Homestead (Wikipedia)

Joseph Lloyd House

Source Joseph Lloyd House (Wikipedia)

Kenwood House

Source Kenwood House (Wikipedia)

Leinster House

Source Leinster House - Wikipedia

Les Jolies Eaux

Source Les Jolies Eaux (Wikipedia)

Levi Wetherbee Farm

Source Levi Wetherbee Farm (Wikipedia)

Lick Run Plantation

Source Lick Run Plantation (Wikipedia)

Little England (Gloucester, Virginia)

Source Little England (Gloucester, Virginia) (Wikipedia)

Lowndes Grove

Source Lowndes Grove (Wikipedia)

Loyd Hall Plantation

Source Loyd Hall Plantation (Wikipedia)

Maplewood Farm (South Windham, Maine)

Source Maplewood Farm (South Windham, Maine) (Wikipedia)

McLeod Plantation

Source McLeod Plantation (Wikipedia)

Menokin

Source Menokin (Wikipedia)

Merchant's Hope

Source Merchant's Hope (Wikipedia)

Montpelier (Orange, Virginia)

Source Montpelier (Orange, Virginia) (Wikipedia)

Montpelier Mansion (Laurel, Maryland)

Source Wikipedia: Montpelier Mansion (Laurel, Maryland)

Mountain Meadow Farm

Source Mountain Meadow Farm (Wikipedia)

Mulberry Plantation (Moncks Corner, South Carolina)

Source Mulberry Plantation (Moncks Corner, South Carolina) (Wikipedia)

National Gallery, London

Source National Gallery, Wikipedia

Oakley (Spotsylvania County, Virginia)

Source Oakley (Spotsylvania County, Virginia) (Wikipedia)

Powhatan (Five Forks, Virginia)

Source Powhatan (Five Forks, Virginia) (Wikipedia)

Prestwould

Source Prestwould (Wikipedia)

Raspberry Plain

Source Raspberry Plain (Wikipedia)

Renick Farm (Renick, West Virginia)

Source Renick Farm (Renick, West Virginia) (Wikipedia)

Rippon Lodge

Source Rippon Lodge (Wikipedia)

Rose Hill (Port Tobacco, Maryland)

Source Rose Hill (Port Tobacco, Maryland) (Wikipedia)

Rosewell Plantation

Source Rosewell Plantation (Wikipedia)

Sabine Hall (Warsaw, Virginia)

Source Sabine Hall (Warsaw, Virginia) (Wikipedia)

Saratoga (Boyce, Virginia)

Source Saratoga (Boyce, Virginia) (Wikipedia)

Shepherd Hall

Source Shepherd Hall (Wikipedia)

Sherwood Forest Plantation

Source Sherwood Forest Plantation, Wikipedia

Shirley Plantation

Source Shirley Plantation - Wikipedia

Smith's Fort Plantation

Source Smith's Fort Plantation (Wikipedia)

Snowden Hall (Laurel, Maryland)

Source Snowden Hall (Laurel, Maryland) (Wikipedia)

Social Hall (Salt Lake City)

Source Social Hall (Salt Lake City) (Wikipedia)

Soldier's Joy (house)

Source Soldier's Joy (house) (Wikipedia)

Stagville

Source Stagville - Wikipedia

Stratford Hall (plantation)

Source Stratford Hall (plantation) - Wikipedia

The Wilder Homestead

Source The Wilder Homestead (Wikipedia)

Theobalds House

Source Theobalds House (Wikipedia)

Traveller's Rest (Kearneysville, West Virginia)

Source Traveller's Rest (Kearneysville, West Virginia) (Wikipedia)

Troy

Source Wikidata: Troy

Tuckahoe (plantation)

Source Tuckahoe (plantation) - Wikipedia

Tulip Hill

Source Tulip Hill (Wikipedia)

Villa St. Rose

Source Villa St. Rose (Wikipedia)

Walnut Grove Plantation

Source Walnut Grove Plantation (Wikipedia)

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Originated In

United Kingdom

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Source Wikipedia

Sources

1. Wikipedia

Wikimedia Foundation

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgian_architecture, lead section (start year)
Georgian architecture is the name given in most English-speaking countries to the set of architectural styles current between 1714 and 1830.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgian_architecture, lead section (end year)
Georgian architecture is the name given in most English-speaking countries to the set of architectural styles current between 1714 and 1830.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgian_architecture, lead section, monarchs sentence
It is named after the first four British monarchs of the House of Hanover, George I, George II, George III, and George IV, who reigned in continuous succession from August 1714 to June 1830.