Editing Queen Anne style architecture (section)

==Overview==
With respect to [[British architecture]], the term is mostly used for domestic buildings up to the size of a [[manor house]], and usually designed elegantly but simply by local builders or architects rather than the grand palaces of noble magnates. The term is not often used for churches. Contrary to the American usage of the term, it is characterised by strongly [[bilateral symmetry]], with an [[Italianate]] or [[Palladian]]-derived [[pediment]] on the front formal elevation.

Colours were made to contrast with carefully chosen red brick for the walls, with details in a lighter stone that is often rather richly carved. [[Christopher Wren]] used this technique, which achieved a rich effect for a considerably lower cost than using stone as a facing throughout, in his rebuilding of [[Hampton Court Palace]], commissioned by [[Mary II of England|William and Mary]]. Here, it harmonized well with the remaining Tudor parts of the palace. This highly visible example probably influenced many others.

The architectural historian [[Marcus Binney]], writing in ''[[The Times]]'' in 2006, describes [[Poulton House]] in [[Poulton, Wiltshire]] (built in 1706, during the reign of Queen Anne)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Poulton House, Mildenhall – 1034116 {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1034116 |access-date=2024-03-02 |website=historicengland.org.uk |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Pevsner |first1=Nikolaus |author-link1=Nikolaus Pevsner |last2=Cherry |first2=Bridget (revision) |year=1975 |orig-year=1963 |title=Wiltshire |series=[[Pevsner Architectural Guides#Buildings of England|The Buildings of England]] |edition=2nd |place=Harmondsworth |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |isbn=0-14-0710-26-4 |page=336}}</ref> as "...Queen Anne at its most delightful". Binney lists what he describes as the typical features of the Queen Anne style:<ref>''[[The Times]]'', "Bricks and Mortar"  Supplement, 5 May 2006, pp. 6–7.</ref>
* a sweep of steps leading to a carved stone door-case
* rows of painted sash windows in boxes set flush with the brickwork
* stone [[Quoin (architecture)|quoins]] emphasizing corners
* a central triangular pediment set against a hipped roof with dormers
* typically box-like "double pile" plans, two rooms deep

When using the revived "Queen Anne style" of the 19th and 20th centuries, the historical reference in the name should not be taken at all literally, as buildings said to be in the "Queen Anne style" in other parts of the [[English-speaking world]] normally bear even less resemblance to English buildings of the early 18th century than those of any style of [[revival architecture]] to the original. In particular, [[Queen Anne style architecture in the United States]] is a wholly different style, as in Australia, and normally includes no elements typical of the actual architecture of Queen Anne's reign, the names being devised for marketing purposes.