Edwardian Architecture on Flickr

Edwardian architecture is a lot less ornate than the Victorian style which preceded it … You can imagine King Edward coming in after old Vicky, looking around at the country and muttering “Bloody women! There’s crap everywhere! Look at all this trinketry and frou frou! Get rid of it all!” … then he’d sweep his arm over the tabletop of the country’s architecture, wiping off all the irrelevant details and leaving the bones. Although that is not to say that Edwardian architecture was boring - you can see how this house makes use of minimal colouring and decoration, but very precise integration of architectural elements.