Architectural Styles
Edwardian
Alt names / subperiods
Timeline
Distinguishing Features
Geographic Presence
Edwardian Vernacular
Edwardian Baroque
Arts and Crafts Movement
King Edward VII
“Wrenaissance”
1901-1914
- Victorian, Edwardian, & American architectural styles
- large multi-paned windows
- red or yellow brick
- decorative render or tile work
- front porches or verandas
- low-pitched roofs
- prominent gables
- decorative bargeboards
- patterned tiles
- detailed brickwork
- stained glass,
- UK
- British Commonwealth
Common Building Types
Landmark buildings
Historic Accommodation Types
Accommodation Examples
- Residential homes
- schools
- churches
- shops
- offices
- Victoria and Albert Museum Cromwell Road facade
- Selfridges department store
- Belfast City Hall
- Masonic Temple, Aberdeen,
- Catts Farm, Kingsclere, Newbury
- 53 King Street London
- Lancaster House, Manchester,
- Department of Education Building, Sydney
- Victoria Memorial Queensway, Calcutta
- The Standard Chartered Buildings Esplanade, Bombay
- The Ripon Building, Chennai
- The Standard Chartered Building, Bombay
- Penang City Hall Malaysia
- Admiralty Arch in London
- Albert Hall (Manchester)
- Arding & Hobbs Dept Store Battersea
- Asia House Manchester
- Australia House, London
- Belfast City Hall
- Blythe House London
- Cardiff Crown Court
- Old Bailey, London
- County Hall London
- Granton Gasworks railway station Edinburgh
- India House Manchester
- London Road Station Manchester
- Marylebone Station
- South Shields Town Hall, South Tyneside
- War Office building Whitehall
- Land Administration Building Brisbane
- Central railway station, Sydney
- GPO Hobart, Tasmania
- Sydney Hospital
- Mitchell Library Sydney
- Taronga Zoo Sydney
- His Majesty’s Theatre Perth
- Downing Centre Sydney
- Railway Institute Building Sydney
- City Baths, Melbourne
- Old Museum Building, Brisbane
- Registrar-General’s building, Sydney
- Esplanade Mansions, Kolkata
- Rashtrapati Bhavan Delhi
- Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum Mumbai
- Kolkata Townhall
- Metropolitan Building (Kolkata)
- Writers’ Building Kolkata
- The Iveagh Trust Dublin
- Liberties College, Bull Alley, Dublin
- Grand urban hotels
- Mid- to upper-range hotels Commercial / business hotels
- Railway hotels – common in UK, Canada & Australia
- Seaside resort hotels
- Spa hotels & hydros
- Residential hotels / apartment hotels;
- Boarding houses (upscale)
- Country house hotels
- Guesthouses
- pubs with rooms
- Townhouse hotels
- Mountain retreats
The Edwardian era was one of the most hotel-intensive periods in architectural history.
- The Ritz — London, UK 1906
- Savoy Hotel (Edwardian rebuilding phase) — London, UK- Opened 1889 Edwardian expansions c. 1900–1910
- Russell Hotel London 1900
- The Midland [Railway] Hotel Manchester, UK 1903
- The Balmoral [Railway] Hotel Edinburgh, UK 1902
- The Waldorf Astoria New York City, USA 1905 on Fifth Ave)
- The Grand Hotel Eastbourne, UK – 1875 seaside resort
- The Metropole Hotel Brighton, UK – 1890 seaside resort
- The Grand Pump Room Hotel Bath, UK – spa/health hotel
- Harrogate Hydro Hotels Harrogate, UK
- The Grosvenor Hotel — London, UK – Residential / railway hotel
- Hotel Astor New York City 1904
- Savoy Hotel London edwardian renovations
- Observer Hotel Sydney
- Hotel Macdonald Edmonton
- York Hotel – Kalgoorlie
- Exchange Hotel Kalgoorlie WA
Adaptive Reuse
- Edwardian Manchester (formerly the Free Trade Hall) renovation
Landmarks
Adapted Visitor Accommodation
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