The Queen Anne style often incorporates features like complex roof forms with dormers, towers, and bay windows. Masonry examples might combine several types of stone and brick or terra cotta. Wood examples often feature combined scalloped shingle and clapboard siding. Wrap-around porches with turned posts and stickwork and bead spandrels, and upper story porches, are common to the style. This brick example is relatively restrained.
Queen Anne is one of the 25 styles and types illustrated in Chapter 2 of Restoring Your Historic House, The Comprehensive Guide for Homeowners. Understanding the style of a house is the essential first step in developing a restoration plan that prioritizes the preservation and restoration of character-defining features while making changes necessary for modern life in an old house.
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