Both Regency Classicism and Greek influences continued in architecture after Queen Victoria’s accession, but during the course of her reign, in addition to the Italianate style, many historic domestic sources of inspiration were revisited, including Elizabethan, Jacobean, and Scottish Baronial; the most dominant being the Gothic revival. Many different styles were often incorporated into single houses – one house may have half-timbered gables, classical sash windows and a filigree cast iron porch; “rules” had become significantly relaxed compared with the regularity of the Georgian period. Mouldings with only subtle similarities could now quite commonly be seen together.
Some Atkey products from the Victorian period can be seen in the room sets below, otherwise all or individual Victorian products can be viewed by clicking on the links towards the bottom of this page.
