noting or pertaining to the style of architecture, furnishings, and decoration prevailing in England in the early 18th century, characterized by simplicity and refinement of forms, with increasing attention to French and Italian models.
noting or pertaining to the style of architecture, furnishings, and decoration prevailing in England from c1865 to c1885, imitated in the U.S. from c1875 to c1890, characterized by imitation of English vernacular work of the middle and late 17th century, often with an eclectic mixture of medieval, 18th-century, and Japanese motifs.
in or of this style
denoting or relating to a style of architecture popular in England during the early 18th century, characterized by red-brick construction with classical ornamentation
First recorded in 1765–75
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These tensions became critical during the reign of the childless Queen Anne, from 1702 to 1714.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026
In fact, he owned a San Francisco Queen Anne Victorian, which he picked up in 1989 and held for 16 years.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 16, 2026
St Anne's Church was founded in 1714 after Queen Anne approved a chapel to be built on Kew Green.
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2026
Some of the Victorian and Queen Anne homes are fixed up, some are boarded up, and most have front porches where people gather.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2024
Nearby is the Alpharetta Historical Society, housed in a hundred-year-old Queen Anne house.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
Or perhaps I could be housekeeper for one of our new beef-kings in his new Queen-Anne Norman-Georgian Venetian palace of Alberta sandstone with tesselated towers and bungalow sleeping-porches.
From The Prairie Child by Ward. E. F. (Edmund Franklin)
After he had moved, in 1812, to 47 Queen-Anne Street, one of his favorite pictures, "Bligh Shore" was used as a covering for a window.
From Famous European Artists by Sarah K. Bolton
The Queen-Anne plate, now so keenly sought, is of admirable workmanship and good design, though the edges are rather thin and sharp for comfort in use.
From Household Organization by Florence Caddy
Among them is a quaint old Queen-Anne mansion of brick, with a curious pediment and having many windows.
From England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel by Joel Cook
For several months, the aged artist was absent from his home in Queen-Anne Street.
From Famous European Artists by Sarah K. Bolton
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