Victorian house

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A Victorian house as built in the United States and Canada is a type of house popularized in the Victorian era. They are often three stories high with an octagonal or rounded tower, a wraparound porch and great attention paid to detail. The Victorian house shown in the picture has curved glass windows in the tower. A group of multi-colored Victorian houses in San Francisco are known as Painted ladies.

In the United Kingdom, a Victorian house is any house built during the reign of Queen Victoria, in any style of Victorian architecture.They typically have slate rooftops and bay windows.