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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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
Ynys Gifftan was gifted to landowner Lord Harlech's ancestors by Queen Anne in the 1700s and its name translates into English as Anne's Gift Island.
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2026
For example Queen Anne, a style, can adorn a worker’s cottage, a type.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 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
Dr. H. Wadsworth, of 21 Queen Anne Street, London—a very dear friend of mine— sent me money for my expenses to go over to London.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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
For several months, the aged artist was absent from his home in Queen-Anne Street.
From Famous European Artists by Sarah K. Bolton
During his life he is said to have refused two offers of five hundred thousand dollars for the pictures in his Queen-Anne Street house.
From Famous European Artists by Sarah K. Bolton
For some distance from the porch of the red-brick, creeper-covered Queen-Anne house the gravel drive between the lawns blazed in the afternoon sun.
From The Fortunate Youth by William John Locke
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