GEORGIAN, 1714-1830 Encompassing the Regency period (1811-1820), this is the name given to the set of architectural styles between 1714 and 1830.
KEYDESIGN FEATURES:
A period of time spanning 116 years, there are a number of different architectural styles and whilst they do vary, they aremarked by symmetry and proportion based on the classical architecture of Greece and Rome. Palladian and Neoclassical were the key architectural styles of the Georgian era. Architects turned their back on the heavily embellished and dramatic Baroque style in favour of the earlier Palladian work produced by Inigo Jones. Neoclassical (1760-1790) was an academic revival of Classicism. Partly fuelled by the excavations at Pompeii and the rediscovery of the architecture of ancient Greece, there was more emphasis on Greek architectural design. Consequently, there was a slight change in proportion which resulted in architecture which was lighter andmore elegant in appearance. Regency Classicism (1800-1830) was essentially the same as Neoclassical but with added elements taken fromnature: from the art of ancient Egypt and fromFrench design of the mid 18th century.
STONE
Stone was the preferred building material of the era and where brick was the local building ma- terial it was sometimes faced in stone to appear more high status.
STUCCO
to cover brick on the entire façade. Originally, the plaster rendering would have been colour
This is the render applied to late-Georgian façades that could also be sculpted and moulded for decorative purposes. In the Regency period it was often used
washed to simulate stone. Later, stucco cements had the (Bath) stone colour within them.
SYMMETRICAL FAÇADES
Georgian buildings usually have a square symmetrical shape and are carefully proportioned according to fashionable Classical design principles.
UNIFYINGPORTICO
A row of columns supporting an entablature, and sometimes a pediment too, were often used to link the façades of a number of adjoining houses, or even an entire terrace.
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