Gey Victorian House Exterior Ideas and Designs
Richard Brown Architects
This was a significant addition/renovation to a modest house in Winchester. The program called for a garage, an entry porch, more first floor space and two more bedrooms. The challenge was to keep the scale of the house from getting too big which would dominate the street frontage. Using setbacks and small sale elements the scale stayed in character with the neighbor hood.
Marvin
Architect: Russ Tyson, Whitten Architects
Photography By: Trent Bell Photography
“Excellent expression of shingle style as found in southern Maine. Exciting without being at all overwrought or bombastic.”
This shingle-style cottage in a small coastal village provides its owners a cherished spot on Maine’s rocky coastline. This home adapts to its immediate surroundings and responds to views, while keeping solar orientation in mind. Sited one block east of a home the owners had summered in for years, the new house conveys a commanding 180-degree view of the ocean and surrounding natural beauty, while providing the sense that the home had always been there. Marvin Ultimate Double Hung Windows stayed in line with the traditional character of the home, while also complementing the custom French doors in the rear.
The specification of Marvin Window products provided confidence in the prevalent use of traditional double-hung windows on this highly exposed site. The ultimate clad double-hung windows were a perfect fit for the shingle-style character of the home. Marvin also built custom French doors that were a great fit with adjacent double-hung units.
MARVIN PRODUCTS USED:
Integrity Awning Window
Integrity Casement Window
Marvin Special Shape Window
Marvin Ultimate Awning Window
Marvin Ultimate Casement Window
Marvin Ultimate Double Hung Window
Marvin Ultimate Swinging French Door
Feinmann, Inc.
Feinmann restored the exterior of an 1885 Victorian home that had deteriorated over the years in Arlington, Massachusetts. Between fixing and improving the front and back porch, Juliet Balconies, shingles, panels, and intricate design elements, we brought back the home’s original splendor.
We first focused on restoring the front and back porches by repositioning the stairs, reinforcing the brick and wood support posts, installing pressure-treated framing and mahogany decking, and fixing its existing handrails and roof structure.
Feinmann then shifted attention to the house’s design details by replacing all the balusters, posts, spindles, and corbels that give the outside its Victorian feel. We also rebuilt the Juliet Balconies that were located over the dining room and left side of the home and fixed the broken fish-scale shingles, cedar clapboard, and trim.
Architelle Architecture & Interior Design
State heritage listed, 'Alma' has been restored to create a much loved family home.
A new softer colour scheme was selected to enhance the brick facade and to highlight the architectural features that give this grand home its character.
A new garage has been added, designed to complement the scale and charm of the original house.
Low maintenance gardens, with a contemporary edge, complete the work to the front of the property.
Previously used as offices for an advertising agency, the grounds were swathed in asphalt for car parking.
Interior design by Studio Gorman.
Photo by Prue Ruscoe.
Kirsten Johnstone Architecture
Replica Victorian timber block weatherboards to the front facade, new double hung windows, metal lacework and columns to the verandah, replacement of the slate roof with a thoroughly modern and elegant grey colour palette.
Photography: Tatjana Plitt
Gey Victorian House Exterior Ideas and Designs
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