Georgian architecture
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- architectural order
- Subclass of
- Neoclassicism
- Part of
- House of Hanover
- Named after
- Georgian era
- Location
- Europe
- Image
- 57 The Close, Salisbury.jpg
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- Commons category
- Georgian architecture
- topic's main category
- Category:Georgian architecture
- start time
- 1720-00-00
- end time
- 1840-00-00
- OpenStreetMap tag
- building:architecture=georgian
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
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Encyclopedic overview
Middle-class house in Salisbury cathedral close, England, with minimal classical detail. Very grand terrace houses at The Circus, Bath (1754), with basement "areas" and a profusion of columns. Function rules at Massachusetts Hall at Harvard University, 1718–20 Classically proportioned 19th century Georgian manor house, Throckley Hall (1820). Principal elevation, South Wing.
Georgian architecture is the name given in most English-speaking countries to the set of architectural styles current between 1714 and 1830. 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Georgian architecture” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.