Architectural Styles

Victorian Gothic 

Alt names / subperiods 

Timeline

Distinguishing Features

Geographic Presence

Colonial Gothic revival

Victorian Academic Gothic

Victorian Free Gothic

 

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1840-1900

  • Pointed arches
  • Elaborate stone or wooden tracery in windows
  • steep gabled roofs
  • elaborate mouldings
  • carved stonework
  • decorative elements
  • gargoyles
  • decorative brackets
  • towers, spires
  • Australia

Common Building Types

Landmark buildings

Historic Accommodation Types

Accommodation Examples

  • Churches
  • civic buildings
  • wealthy residences
  • villas
  • St. Patrick’s Cathedral Melbourne
  • St. Mary’s Cathedral Sydney,
  • St. John’s Cathedral Brisbane
  • Adelaide Cathedral
  • St. Andrew’s Cathedral Sydney
  • St Paul’s Cathedral, Melbourne
  • St Peter’s Cathedral, Adelaide
  • University of Sydney (main quadrangle)
  • Anderson Stuart Building (University of Sydney)
  • Old Pathology Building Melbourne University
  • St Peter’s Cathedral, Armidale
  • St John’s College, Sydney
  • Former Metropolitan Gas Company Buildings
  • Flinders Street, Melbourne
  • Ormond College University of Melbourne
  • Former Stock Exchange Melbourne
  • Former Safe Deposit Building, Melbourne
  • Old Rialto Building Melbourne
  • Olderfleet Buildings Melbourne;
  • St George’s Presbyterian Church, St Kilda East;
  • The Great Synagogue Sydney
  • St Vincent’s College, Potts Point
  • St Patrick’s Seminary, Manly
  • Hunter Baillie Memorial Presbyterian Church, Annandale
  • St Paul’s Presbyterian Church; Armidale
  • Former Sussex Street Public School, Sydney
  • Nightingale Wing, Sydney Hospital
  • Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown
  • Government House, Sydney
  • Convents adapted to accommodation
  • Schools & colleges adapted to accommodation
  • Institutional hostels & dormitory accommodation
  • Town inns with Gothic detailing
  • Urban Gothic commercial buildings later reused as hotels
  • Retreats and spiritual lodging

Adaptive reuse

  • St Paul’s Convent Broken Hill
  • Old Convent Kyneton Victoria
  • St Joseph’s Guesthouse Port Fairy Vict
  • Old School Hotel Broken Hill (former educational complex)
  • The George Sydney – Former YMCA building (Gothic/Romanesque institutional tradition)
  • Gothic Hotel Melbourne
  • The Old Clare Hotel Sydney – Gothic Revival industrial/commercial complex
  • Convent Gallery Daylesford Vict

Landmarks

Adapted Visitor Accommodation

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