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
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
Looking for the perfect, sunny location to grow them, I was finally successful at my church, the Queen Anne United Methodist Church.
From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2024
Shadow wondered who Queen Anne was, and why she had been so fond of Addams Family-style houses.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
I dare say it is all my fault in coming to these quiet, bay-windowed, Queen-Anne rooms, and the old-fashioned servants, and the dreary lookout over the soaking hay-fields.
From A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June by Ouida
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)
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 Singleton, Esther
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 Bolton, Sarah K.
For several months, the aged artist was absent from his home in Queen-Anne Street.
From Famous European Artists by Bolton, Sarah K.
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