Category: Victoria

The woman question of the Victorian era was the questioning of how women fit into society, mostly concerning political and legal rights, especially for women without husbands or without high-class status. What was the woman question and how was it addressed? The Woman Question is a matter of changing the roles for women politically, economically, […]

Victoria. ‘Victoria became an icon of late-19th-century middle-class femininity and domesticity. ‘ What is Victorian femininity? The ideal Victorian woman was pure, chaste, refined, and modest. This ideal was supported by etiquette and manners. The etiquette extended to the pretension of never acknowledging the use of undergarments (in fact, they were sometimes generically referred to […]

Edwardian architecture. Within this naming and classification scheme, it followed Georgian architecture and later Regency architecture, and was succeeded by Georgian architecture. What architectural style came after Victorian? The Eclectic movement proceeded to adopt and adapt historic architectural examples as the 19th century came to a close. The movement faded in popularity as the Prairie […]

Our row houses were designed to allow cooling cross breezes to flow through the house. When pocket doors are opened wide, air can pass through the house, and keep it cool and fresh. The thick party walls insulate the houses, keeping coolness inside for days. How did Victorians survive summer? The Victorians, too, wore *more* […]

Victorian homes weren’t built with central heating and when it is added wooden floorboards very often begin to shrink and can become gappy. If gappy floorboards are a problem in your home you can apply silicone sealant to help stop the draft and heat escape. How do I make my Victorian house warmer? Insulating your […]

Wood or stone exterior. The majority of Victorian styles use wood siding, but the Second Empire and Romanesque styles almost always have outer walls made of stone. What were Victorian houses made out of? Building materials were brick or local stone. Bricks were made in factories some distance away, to standard sizes, rather than the […]

Two to three stories was fairly standard, with a basement or cellar as well. It’s worth pointing out that homes from the Victorian era still included small single roomed cottages and much less grandeur houses than the classic Victorian style we’re mostly referring to here. How high are Victorian ceilings UK? While Victorian houses typically […]

the typical thickness of an internal Victorian house between neighbouring properties is around 225mm thick ( 9inch) plus ad the plaster thickness to this at both sides so looking around 275mm thick (11inch) approx. How thick is a Victorian wall? 9-inchesIn contrast, Victorian brick walls were mainly solid brickwork ie, either one-brick-thick (9-inches or 225mm) […]

Many of the townhomes, or terraced buildings as they’re known there, were built in the 19th and 20th centuries. It was easier to make sure such homes had enough structural integrity, in part, by having smaller-than-expected doors. Why are old doors so short? The Real Purpose of Little Doors These small spaces were meant to […]

Cast iron radiators were an effective form of central heating in the big draughty, high ceilinged Victorian houses. The size of the radiators ensured that the heating lingered longer. Did Victorian houses have heating? The Victorians changed all that. They were the first to build housing on a society-wide scale that featured central heating, weather-tight […]