Victorian architecture, 19th Century British buildings designs, Architects, Property photos

Victorian Architecture : 19th Century British Buildings

Major Victorian / Beaux Arts Era Projects from around Britain.

post updated 23 Feb 2025

We’ve selected what we feel are the key examples of Victorian Architecture.

Victorian Buildings

We aim to include 19th century British buildings that are either of top quality or interesting, or ideally both.

We cover buildings, refurbishments and architectural exhibitions across Britain.

Victorian Building – Key Work

Royal Academy of Arts, London, England, UK
Design: Sir James Pennethorne

image : David Chipperfield Architects
Royal Academy of Arts
Designed by Sir James Pennethorne for the University of London in the 1860s, 6 Burlington Gardens has been part of the Royal Academy estate since 2000 and currently functions largely as a temporary venue. The building is situated to the rear of the Royal Academy’s Burlington House headquarters on Piccadilly.
David Chipperfield Architects have been appointed to redevelop and refurbish the Royal Academy of Arts’ building at 6 Burlington Gardens, one of the most significant High Victorian buildings in central London.

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Architecture in the Victorian Period

Key Victorian Building Projects, alphabetical:

John Rylands Library, Manchester, north-west England, UK
Design: Basil Champneys

building photo © Adrian Welch
John Rylands Library
This is a late-Victorian neo-Gothic building on Deansgate in Manchester city centre. The library, which opened to the public in 1900, was founded by Enriqueta Augustina Rylands in memory of her husband, John Rylands.

Liverpool Street Station, central London, England, UK
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picture © AW
Liverpool Street Station
This railway station, also known as London Liverpool Street, is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in the north-eastern corner of the City of London. It was opened in 1874 as a replacement for the Great Eastern Railway’s main London terminus, Bishopsgate station, which was subsequently converted into a goods yard.

Natural History Museum, West Kensington, west London, England, UK
Design: Alfred Waterhouse architect

picture © AJW
Natural History Museum
The Natural History Museum in London (NHM) is a museum exhibiting a vast range of specimens from various segments of natural history. It is one of three large museums on Exhibition Road in South Kensington, the others being the Science Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Royal Albert Hall building, south side of Hyde Park, west London, England, UK
Design: architect Francis Fowke

picture © Isabelle Lomholt
Royal Albert Hall

St Pancras Station, north London, England
Design: William Henry Barlow architect / engineer

image © Adrian Welch

Albert Docks buildings, Liverpool, northwest England, UK
Design: Jesse Hartley architect

photograph © Isabelle Lomholt

Lime Street Station, Liverpool, UK
Design: John Fowler architect

photograph © AW

Northwestern Hotel, Liverpool, UK
Design: Alfred Waterhouse Architect

image © IL

Oriel Chambers, Liverpool, England
Design: Peter Ellis Architect

picture © Isabelle Lomholt

Three Graces, Liverpool
Design: various architects

picture © Tim Collins

Triangle Shopping Centre, Manchester, north-west England
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building photo © AJW

Victoria & Albert Museum, London, southeast England
Design: various architects

picture © AW

Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, Merseyside
HH Vale, Architect & Cornelius Sherlock

image © AW

White Star Line building, Liverpool
Richard Norman Shaw

photograph © IL

More Victorian Architecture projects online soon.

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Church Architecture : architectural projects

St Martin-in-the-Fields church

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Victorian Buildings, no links:

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Victorian Church Buildings:

St Vincent Street Church, west Glasgow, Scotland
Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson

photo © Adrian Welch
St Vincent Street Church

More Victorian Architecture online soon.

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Art Deco Architecture

Rosslyn Chapel, Midlothian, Scotland

Bank Buildings

picture from architect studio

Library Buildings

Kalundborg Kirke, Denmark

Scottish Churches

Buildings / photos for the Victorian Churches Architecture – 19th Century Building page welcome.