Victorian (c1840-c1890)

This period is defined by Queen Victoria’s long reign rather than by style. Apperly et al note that “Victorian architecture was largely about confidence, material progress, prosperity and the triumphant survival of the fittest, all clothed with fairly transparent veils of morality and respectability… Domestic architecture displayed a bewildering variety of interpretations of – and combinations of – classical and romantic themes…”
In Glebe, examples of Victorian style can be seen in:

• Bidura (Victorian Regency)
• St John’s Bishopthorpe (Victorian Romanesque)
• The (former) Presbyterian Church (High Victorian Gothic)
• Reussdale (Picturesque Gothic)
• Police Station (Classical Revival)

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