The late-Victorian architectural style
Early styles featured symmetrical layouts and facades, a centrally located front door and a hipped roof of corrugated
iron, leading to a veranda on the facade.
 During
the 1850s cast iron lacework came to Australia where it made its way on to Mid and Late Victorian Homes.
Houses had much
the same floor plan as the Colonial Style, a central hallway with a standard 4 rooms.
Weatherboards were used, however, larger homes had red brick and blue stone incorporated. Into the Mid Victorian Style
more decoration began to gain popularity.
The bull nosed verandah roof was introduced, sidelights were added either side of
the front door and terraced houses were springing up everywhere, containing parapets and detailed dividing walls between
the property boundaries.
Late Victorian Style homes had perhaps the most decorative features in all of the known Architectural styles to date,
and it is often referred to as Boom Style.
Towards the end of the Victorian era timber fretwork was being used more and more,
which led into the Edwardian Style.
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