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
In 2004, friends of Gyngell invited her to serve as head chef at a cafe in a greenhouse alongside their Queen Anne home in Richmond, in the southwestern reaches of London.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025
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
A few blocks from the center of town, it is a simple, two-story Victorian in the Queen Anne style, with a big cottonwood towering over the front yard.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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
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
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
A cannon explodes below him, a comet is seen above; and in his right hand, notwithstanding his cuirass and voluminous Queen-Anne peruke, he brandishes the thunderbolt of Jupiter.
From Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers by Esther Singleton
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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