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Expansive Victorian House Exterior Ideas and Designs

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Masse GroupMasse Group
Design ideas for an expansive and white victorian house exterior in Boston with three floors and wood cladding.
Hillbury Road, Wandsworth
Hillbury Road, Wandsworth
GDL LondonGDL London
Red and expansive victorian brick semi-detached house in London with three floors and a pitched roof.
Fall Creek Place
Fall Creek Place
Anna M. Waggoner ArchitectsAnna M. Waggoner Architects
New Victorian Style home designed for Fall Creek Place Development. Design incorporates historic design guidelines for development and still has a modern flare to make it unique. Designed by Anna M. Waggoner Architects
Victorian stone and clapboard custom home in Downtown Northville
Victorian stone and clapboard custom home in Downtown Northville
Guidobono Building CompanyGuidobono Building Company
This is an example of an expansive and white victorian house exterior in Detroit with three floors, stone cladding and a pitched roof.
English Country Home
English Country Home
Wade Weissmann ArchitectureWade Weissmann Architecture
This home boasts quintessential English Tudor detailing from the brick and stucco exterior, to charming timber accents.
Design ideas for an expansive victorian house exterior in Milwaukee with three floors.
St. Jude Dream Home - front of the home
St. Jude Dream Home - front of the home
DeSitter FlooringDeSitter Flooring
front view of the St. Jude Dream Home
Photo of an expansive and red victorian two floor brick house exterior in Chicago with a half-hip roof.
Lake View - McEwan Custom Homes
Lake View - McEwan Custom Homes
Hearth and Home Distributors of Utah, LLC. (HHDU)Hearth and Home Distributors of Utah, LLC. (HHDU)
Full Stone Exterior featuring Gray Cobble Creek stone with a Trinity White Grout.
Inspiration for an expansive and beige victorian two floor detached house in Salt Lake City with stone cladding, a pitched roof, a shingle roof and a black roof.
Synthetic Slate Roof; White Cedar Siding - Glastonbury, CT
Synthetic Slate Roof; White Cedar Siding - Glastonbury, CT
Connecticut Roofcrafters LlcConnecticut Roofcrafters Llc
Rear of historic 1900s expansive Victorian residence in Glastonbury, CT depicting numerous dormers and protrusions. The roof is Davinci synthetic slate - the aesthetics of natural slate with less weight and maintenance. The siding is Maibec Nantucket eastern white cedar stained with a custom sage. Next up on this project is to complete the second floor porch posts and ornamentation, porch and eave soffits and specify and install half-round guttering system.
5422 Sharon View Road
5422 Sharon View Road
Beacon BuildersBeacon Builders
Inspiration for an expansive and brown victorian two floor detached house in Charlotte with stone cladding, a hip roof and a mixed material roof.
x house
x house
Arch4Arch4
Design ideas for an expansive and gey victorian two floor brick detached house in San Francisco with a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Victorian Masterpiece in Shelby County, Kentucky
Victorian Masterpiece in Shelby County, Kentucky
Stonecroft HomesStonecroft Homes
Inspiration for an expansive and multi-coloured victorian detached house in Louisville with three floors, mixed cladding, a hip roof and a shingle roof.
On The Bay
On The Bay
UserUser
This is an example of an expansive and gey victorian two floor house exterior in Vancouver with stone cladding and a pitched roof.
Casement House Exterior Renovation
Casement House Exterior Renovation
EAGLE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION LLCEAGLE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION LLC
Before photo of the windows.
Design ideas for an expansive and red victorian brick detached house in Cleveland with three floors, a pitched roof and a mixed material roof.
More Core Construction Completed Roof Work
More Core Construction Completed Roof Work
JUST ROOF IT - More Core ConstructionJUST ROOF IT - More Core Construction
Owens Corning Duration Tru Def shingles in color Slatestone, Just Roof it!
Design ideas for an expansive and blue victorian house exterior in New York with three floors and mixed cladding.
Grand Old Dame gets a restoration! after
Grand Old Dame gets a restoration! after
Alpha 1 BuildersAlpha 1 Builders
The verandah wraps around the entire house providing the perfect spot to sit and relax. From here you can see the beautifully landscaped garden with its features. We love this aspect of the home.
Grand Coastal Residence
Grand Coastal Residence
Allen ArchitectsAllen Architects
Tom Allen, AIA
Inspiration for an expansive and gey victorian two floor house exterior in San Francisco with stone cladding and a mansard roof.
Synthetic Slate Roof; White Cedar Siding - Glastonbury, CT
Synthetic Slate Roof; White Cedar Siding - Glastonbury, CT
Connecticut Roofcrafters LlcConnecticut Roofcrafters Llc
Synthetic Slate roof and Eastern White Cedar siding on a historic 1900s expansive Victorian residence in Glastonbury, CT. The roof is Davinci synthetic slate - the aesthetics of natural slate with less weight and maintenance. The siding is Maibec Nantucket eastern white cedar stained with a custom sage. Next up on this project is to complete the second floor porch posts and ornamentation, porch and eave soffits and specify and install half-round guttering system.
W. J. FORBES HOUSE c.1900 | N SPRING ST [reno].
W. J. FORBES HOUSE c.1900 | N SPRING ST [reno].
Omega Construction and Design, Inc.Omega Construction and Design, Inc.
Greg Riegler
This is an example of an expansive and blue victorian detached house in Other with three floors, wood cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Rye Beach House Restoration
Rye Beach House Restoration
Janice Russillo DesignJanice Russillo Design
Shingle Style home
This is an example of an expansive and gey victorian house exterior in Boston with three floors and wood cladding.
Pine Hill House
Pine Hill House
Matthew Fowler, ArchitectMatthew Fowler, Architect
A view of the rear corner of the house with the kitchen wing and rear entry to the right.
Expansive and brown victorian house exterior with three floors and wood cladding.

Expansive Victorian House Exterior Ideas and Designs

With so much attention devoted to interior design, the exterior of a home can often get overlooked, but as the first thing that welcomes both us and our guests, it is worth devoting some time tending to the outside of your house. Furthermore, focusing on the victorian kerb appeal of your home can add significant value if and when it comes time to sell up. Georgian, Edwardian and Victorian homes, with their bay windows and elegant plasterwork, often benefit from built in architecture advantages, but even if your house design is unassuming from the outside, small decorative and structural improvements to the victorian exterior of your home can equal huge impact. Key areas of building design to focus on are the front door, the driveway or approach to your home, the porch area, the windows, the facade and the roof. And just a note of caution... before any significant victorian exterior architecture gets under way, check first whether you need planning permission for your exterior house designs– this applies particularly to listed houses or buildings in a conservation area, but it’s better to be safe than sorry. Take a look through the house designs, exterior architecture and images of front doors and driveways on Houzz to inspire your facade or building design, or read on for a few more pointers when it comes to redesigning your exterior.

How do I give my home an exterior facelift?

You may feel like your home’s exterior architecture is unalterable but there are a wide range of options available to improve its external building design, no matter what raw materials you begin with. Begin with the front door and the pathway or driveway that lead up to your home as these are easy to improve without huge budgets. A driveway or pathway must be kept neat and tidy and you can consider replacing tarmac with attractive tiles or gravel. Repainting or replacing the fence, wall or gate that fronts your home can also offer an overnight transformation without breaking the bank. An area to not cut corners however is the front door, where spending a little extra can make a huge difference in quality, and painting it in a colour you love will pay you back every time it welcomes you home! Updating your windows can be a significant building design project but it is one that has benefits both inside and out, as well as potentially saving you money on energy later. If you are lucky enough to have period windows such as bay windows with sash or leaded windows, then maintaining them should be a top priority, but if they are beyond repair then there are plenty of window professionals that will offer modern, double or triple glazed equivalents that could still work in your bay window. Working with uPVC? Not a problem – the best improvement you can make is to ensure your windows are the right size and shape for your home's overall proportions.

How do I update my home’s facade?

When it comes to updating the facade of your home, painting is the quickest and most affordable way to achieve a victorian makeover, and if you opt for a colour other than white it can really make a statement (although sticking within the palette of your road and local area is advisable). A makeover that requires a bit more patience but can add romance and character to the most mundane of homes is to adorn the walls with climbing plants – delicate trailing wisteria is ever a British favourite, whilst roses and jasmine offer fragrance as well as beauty. If you’re looking to make more significant changes to the exterior of your home, whether that is adding timber cladding, hanging tiles, installing a bay window or rendering, then you should first check whether your house designs require planning permission. A New England style wood boarded home is beautiful and bright, but remember that it will need frequent repainting if it is going to stay looking its best, whilst stucco render or Tyrolean render can tidy up a home's exterior but think carefully before covering over original brickwork.

What should I consider if building a home from scratch?

If you’re working with an architect on a brand new build, the options are endless when it comes to deciding on the exterior architecture. But first things first, you will need to check planning permissions, building regulations and local restrictions, such as being in a conservation area, to make sure your plans for your exterior house designs will meet stipulations. If you are building in a street with predominantly Victorian facades, with bay windows and side returns, you might need to ensure your house designs fit in with the rest of the homes on the street, but if you’re building in a more remote area you’ll probably have more freedom for your building design. There are many architectural decisions to make, do you want a flat, gabled, hipped, mansard or perhaps even a curved roof? Do you want bay windows? Crittall windows? Perhaps external shutters? Do you want glass walls? Do you want wood cladding? Do you want a very symmetrical building design or something more contemporary? The decision is all yours but remember to consider the benefits of various materials over others and the effects that some architecture styles will have on everyday life, for example glass walls will look attractive but will give you less privacy. Your architect or builder will be able to guide you through the best victorian exterior architecture choices for your house designs.
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