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Victorian House Exterior Ideas and Designs

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Victorian Home
Victorian Home
Summit Design Group LLCSummit Design Group LLC
This is an example of a medium sized and gey victorian two floor detached house in Milwaukee with vinyl cladding and a shingle roof.
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Homes tweet Homes
Bryan Assoc. Inc. ArchitectsBryan Assoc. Inc. Architects
Robin Ridge - The car portico offers a protected utility entrance to the kitchen.
Design ideas for a large and green victorian detached house in Chicago with three floors, vinyl cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Majestic Victorian
Majestic Victorian
Iconic Real PhotographyIconic Real Photography
Kelly Wurth
Gey victorian two floor house exterior in Kansas City with a hip roof.
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Palo Alto Victorian
Palo Alto Victorian
Just the Touch- Liling LampellJust the Touch- Liling Lampell
David Eichler
Photo of a medium sized and beige victorian two floor house exterior in San Francisco with vinyl cladding.
Hinckley House 3rd Floor Mansard Roof Historic Restoration
Hinckley House 3rd Floor Mansard Roof Historic Restoration
Killeen Studio ArchitectsKilleen Studio Architects
This is an example of a large and red victorian brick house exterior in St Louis with three floors and a pitched roof.
Newport Victorian
Newport Victorian
Anthony Crisafulli PhotographyAnthony Crisafulli Photography
© Anthony Crisafulli 2014
This is an example of a large and green victorian house exterior in Providence with three floors and a pitched roof.
GREENWAY PARK LOT B3
GREENWAY PARK LOT B3
EJH DesignsEJH Designs
Small victorian house exterior in Miami.
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Collaborations at Gilmore Home CenterCollaborations at Gilmore Home Center
Photo of a victorian house exterior in Burlington.
Victorian Exterior
Victorian Exterior
This is an example of a large and gey victorian two floor house exterior in Philadelphia with concrete fibreboard cladding.
Entry turret with slate roof
Entry turret with slate roof
Karen Beam Architect LLCKaren Beam Architect LLC
Photo Credit: Benjamin Hill
This is an example of a victorian house exterior in Philadelphia with wood cladding.
Morris Island Guest House
Morris Island Guest House
Polhemus Savery DaSilvaPolhemus Savery DaSilva
Randall Perry
Design ideas for a large victorian house exterior in Boston with three floors, wood cladding and a mansard roof.
Washington Park
Washington Park
Matthew Cunningham Landscape Design LLCMatthew Cunningham Landscape Design LLC
Matthew Cunningham Landscape Design
Inspiration for a brown victorian house exterior in Boston.
Traditional Exterior
Traditional Exterior
Degnan Design Build + Degnan Design GroupDegnan Design Build + Degnan Design Group
Design ideas for a large victorian two floor detached house in New York with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a purple house.
Mirror Lake Shingle Style
Mirror Lake Shingle Style
Murphy & Co. DesignMurphy & Co. Design
Entry facade with shingle siding, raised panel shutters, and gas entry lanterns Photo by Susan Gilmore
Photo of a victorian house exterior in Minneapolis with stone cladding and a pitched roof.
Elevations
Elevations
Creole DesignCreole Design
Small victorian two floor house exterior in Houston.
Lake Front Home, Lake Sunapee NH
Lake Front Home, Lake Sunapee NH
Bonin Architects & AssociatesBonin Architects & Associates
At night, this lake front cottage is a beautiful sight from the water. Architectural design by Bonin Architects & Associates. Photography by William N. Fish. Landscape design by Peter Schiess
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Calais Custom HomesCalais Custom Homes
This is an example of an expansive and beige victorian detached house in Dallas with three floors, stone cladding, a hip roof and a tiled roof.
Victorian Splendor
Victorian Splendor
SV DesignSV Design
Originally designed by J. Merrill Brown in 1887, this Queen Anne style home sits proudly in Cambridge's Avon Hill Historic District. Past was blended with present in the restoration of this property to its original 19th century elegance. The design satisfied historical requirements with its attention to authentic detailsand materials; it also satisfied the wishes of the family who has been connected to the house through several generations. Photo Credit: Peter Vanderwarker
Santa Rita Ave
Santa Rita Ave
Arch Studio, Inc.Arch Studio, Inc.
Best of House Design and Service 2014. --Photo by Paul Dyer
Inspiration for a medium sized victorian two floor house exterior in San Francisco with wood cladding and a mansard roof.

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.
Victorian Floor Tiles
Victorian Floor Tiles
London Front GardensLondon Front Gardens
This is an example of a victorian house exterior in London.
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