Evoking the candy-decorated gingerbread house that Hansel and Gretel found in the woods, Victorian architecture had its basis in more practical matters. New building techniques and advances in industrialization enabled builders to design fanciful, highly adorned homes that were limited only by the imagination. The gingerbread trim we commonly associate with Victorian home plans could be mass-produced thanks to the development of the steam-powered scroll saw and lathe, making it affordable, accessible, and nearly ubiquitous through the late 19th century.
Victorian house plans tend to be large and irregular, featuring a multitude of bays and roof elements at varying heights. One or more porches provide quiet places to sit and visit with the neighbors. Every opportunity to add decoration is taken, with turned posts and spindles dressing the porch, elaborate brackets and bargeboards under the eaves, and stickwork or shingled patterns on the upper walls. Victorian homes are traditionally painted in exuberant color schemes.
4 bed | 3.5 bath | 2 story |
2772 ft2 | 47' wide | 66' deep |
4 bed | 3.5 bath | 2 story |
3131 ft2 | 67' 5" wide | 61' 5" deep |
2 bed | 2.5 bath | 2 story |
1794 ft2 | 32' wide | 57' deep |
2 bed | 2 bath | 2 story |
1204 ft2 | 36' 10" wide | 31' 4" deep |
2 bed | 1.5 bath | 2 story |
945 ft2 | 20' wide | 26' deep |
3 bed | 2.5 bath | 2 story |
1479 ft2 | 38' wide | 44' deep |
3 bed | 1.5 bath | 2 story |
1073 ft2 | 24' wide | 36' deep |
3 bed | 2 bath | 1 story |
1475 ft2 | 44' wide | 43' deep |
3 bed | 2.5 bath | 2 story |
1924 ft2 | 53' wide | 44' deep |
4 bed | 4.5 bath | 2 story |
3850 ft2 | 107' 7" wide | 58' 7" deep |
4 bed | 3.5 bath | 2 story |
4038 ft2 | 66' wide | 108' deep |
3 bed | 2.5 bath | 2 story |
1621 ft2 | 44' wide | 32' deep |
3 bed | 2.5 bath | 2 story |
1568 ft2 | 34' wide | 48' deep |
3 bed | 2 bath | 1 story |
1800 ft2 | 63' 8" wide | 55' 8" deep |
4 bed | 2.5 bath | 2 story |
2632 ft2 | 79' wide | 44' deep |
3 bed | 2.5 bath | 2 story |
2519 ft2 | 54' wide | 47' deep |
5 bed | 2.5 bath | 2 story |
2599 ft2 | 71' 8" wide | 57' deep |
3 bed | 2.5 bath | 2 story |
1991 ft2 | 60' wide | 57' 6" deep |
2 bed | 1 bath | 1 story |
1129 ft2 | 49' wide | 37' 4" deep |
3 bed | 3 bath | 2 story |
2874 ft2 | 72' 8" wide | 47' deep |
3 bed | 2 bath | 2 story |
1342 ft2 | 30' wide | 52' deep |
3 bed | 2.5 bath | 2 story |
1846 ft2 | 57' wide | 45' deep |
3 bed | 2.5 bath | 2 story |
1598 ft2 | 52' wide | 28' deep |
3 bed | 2.5 bath | 2 story |
2391 ft2 | 62' 7" wide | 54' deep |