Italianate vs Queen Anne
Italianate is the cross-discipline counterpart of Queen Anne — a sibling Victorian-era domestic style; the two often overlap on the same streets.
Italianate
A romantic Victorian-era style evoking the informal villas of rural Italy — deep bracketed eaves, tall narrow windows, and an asymmetrical tower.
- Widely overhanging eaves on prominent paired decorative brackets
- Tall, narrow windows, often round-arched, with elaborate crowns
- Asymmetrical massing with a cupola, belvedere, or off-center tower
- Low-pitched or flat roofline rather than a steep gable
- Quoins, belt courses, and bracketed porch and door hoods
Queen Anne
The exuberant high-Victorian style of asymmetrical towers, wraparound porches, and richly textured surfaces — prizing picturesque variety over rule-bound order.
- Asymmetrical massing with corner turrets and projecting bays
- Steeply pitched, irregular rooflines with multiple front gables
- Expansive wraparound porches with turned posts and spindlework
- Contrasting wall textures: clapboard, shingles, half-timbering, masonry
- Tall, ornamented chimneys and decorative gable detailing
At a glance
| Italianate | Queen Anne | |
|---|---|---|
| Era | 1840–1885 | 1870–1910 |
| Discipline | Architecture | Architecture |
| Region | United Kingdom, United States, Australia | United Kingdom, United States, Australia |
| Family | Victorian | Victorian |
| Formal traits | bracketed, arched-windows, towered, low-roof | turreted, porched, textured, gabled |
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