Victorian House Exterior with Wood Cladding Ideas and Designs

Photo of a large and blue victorian detached house in Minneapolis with three floors, wood cladding, a pitched roof and a tiled roof.

Residential Gallery

MPA Painters

This is an example of a medium sized and green victorian two floor detached house in New York with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.

East Side Trellis

Becker Architects PLLC

Large and yellow victorian house exterior in DC Metro with three floors, wood cladding and a pitched roof.

Santa Barbara Downtown, 1920's Queen Anne Remodel, Garden Street Residence

Dennis Thompson Architect

Photographer - Jim Bartsch Contractor - Allen Construction
This is an example of a medium sized and white victorian two floor house exterior in Santa Barbara with wood cladding.

Victorian Exterior

Design ideas for a victorian two floor house exterior in Seattle with wood cladding, a mansard roof and a shingle roof.

Traditional Exterior

Degnan 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.

Cedar Bluff

SV Design

Perched atop a bluff overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, this new residence adds a modern twist to the classic Shingle Style. The house is anchored to the land by stone retaining walls made entirely of granite taken from the site during construction. Clad almost entirely in cedar shingles, the house will weather to a classic grey. Photo Credit: Blind Dog Studio

Cape Cod Shingle Style

Ron Brenner Architects

A Classic that will stand the test of time. - Cape Cod Shingle Style Home. Photography: Phillip Mueller Photography House plan is available for purchase at http://simplyeleganthomedesigns.com/Lakeland_Unique_Cape_Cod_House_Plan.html

Historic Victorian Exterior

LDa Architecture & Interiors

Exterior Paint Colors are all Benjamin Moore: Body "Racoon Hollow" Trim "Carrington Beige" Accent "Brandon Beige" Windows "Black Panther"
Design ideas for a victorian house exterior in Boston with wood cladding.

Green House - 1152 - South Main Colorado

Kenny Craft, CNU LEED AP

Photo of a victorian house exterior in Charlotte with wood cladding.

Winchester Renovation

Richard Brown Architects

This was a significant addition/renovation to a modest house in Winchester. The program called for a garage, an entry porch, more first floor space and two more bedrooms. The challenge was to keep the scale of the house from getting too big which would dominate the street frontage. Using setbacks and small sale elements the scale stayed in character with the neighbor hood.

PRC 2019 Shotgun Tour Home

Dixie Construction, LLC

A fully restored and camelbacked double shotgun in uptown, New Orleans Louisiana by Dixie Construction, LLC.
This is an example of a large and white victorian two floor detached house in New Orleans with wood cladding, a hip roof and a shingle roof.

253 Prospect

Anthony James Master Builders, LLC

Beige victorian detached house in New York with three floors, wood cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.

Victorian Exterior

Inspiration for a large and white victorian house exterior in Providence with three floors, wood cladding and a pitched roof.

Chicago

Kailey J. Flynn Photography

Queen Anne Victorian style home © Kailey J. Flynn
Photo of a blue victorian two floor detached house in Chicago with wood cladding and a grey roof.

SHINGLE STYLE

JMKA | architects

JEFF KAUFMAN
Expansive and gey victorian house exterior in New York with three floors, wood cladding and a hip roof.

Front Exterior View of the home from the drive

Erotas Custom Building

Quaint New England Style Lake Home Architectural Designer: Peter MacDonald of Peter Stafford MacDonald and Company Interior Designer: Jeremy Wunderlich (of Hanson Nobles Wunderlich)

Cannon House - South Main, Colorado

Kenny Craft, CNU LEED AP

Medium sized victorian house exterior in Charlotte with three floors, wood cladding and a metal roof.

Erie Village House #3

Porchfront Homes

Design ideas for a multi-coloured victorian two floor detached house in Denver with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.

Chatham home from 2000

Duckham Architecture & Interiors

Gambrel entrance on the front facade.
Inspiration for a medium sized and gey victorian two floor house exterior in Boston with wood cladding and a mansard roof.

Victorian House Exterior with Wood Cladding 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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