British architecture

I. Norman architecture (VI-XI)

Although there is prehistoric and classical architecture in the United Kingdom, the
history of British architecture begins to be influential with the first Anglo-Saxon
Catholic churches, built shortly after A.D. Augustine of Canterbury arrived in
England in 597.
Norman architecture was built on a large scale throughout Great Britain and
Ireland from the 11th century onwards in the form of castles and cathedrals to
help the Normans impose their power on the ruled classes.
 II. Gothic architecture (XII-XVI)
Britian Gothic architecture, developed from 1180 to about 1520, was initially
imported from France, but quickly developed its own unique qualities.
 III. Tudor 1485-1603
Half-timbered with white-painted wattle and daub painted walls, these houses
had steeply-pitched roofs and small-paned casement windows, often with a jetty
overhanging the street. They are the very essence of Olde England, pretty black
and white dwellings with great character and centuries of history steeped in their
walls.
 IV. Stuart/Jacobean 1604-1713
Flat-fronted, bare brick-built houses with sash windows, often built in classical
Palladian style terraces, and with gothic touches. Timber framed homes were still
popular with merchants and farmers in the countryside during this period,
however, the homes of those who were better off were increasingly built of stone
and brick, particularly in Eastern and Southern counties; and two storey homes
with a couple of bedrooms above two ground floor rooms became more common.
 V. Georgian 1714-1820
The design is all about proportion and balance, with sash windows, stucco
cornices and often a rectangular window or fanlight over the six-panelled front
door. Harmony, symmetry, airiness, space and light were the watchwords for
Georgian houses. Influences came from wealthy families taking the Grand Tour of
Europe, and architects like Inigo Jones drawing inspiration from the classical
Palladian style.
 VI. Victorian 1837-1901
Bay windows, colored brickwork, decorated bargeboards and roof tops and a
garden back and front were all related to this still very prominent period of
change. This was the time of the emerging middle classes and they moved into
substantial detached, semi or terraced homes, still large enough to accommodate
a couple of servants, with large reception rooms with high ceilings, elaborate
molded plaster cornices and marble fireplaces.
Towards the end of this period most middle-class homes had flushing toilets, gas
lighting, inside toilets and open coal fires. Cheap plate glass invented in 1832 and
the repeal of window tax in 1851, encouraged large windows in new homes.
 VII. Edwardian 1901 – 1918
Squatter than Victorian buildings, most were set on a wider plot and were two
storeys tall, with elaborately carved and painted wooden balconies, porches and
verandas. This was the heyday of the new middle classes and there was a huge
demand for airy, larger homes, many built in new suburbs on the leafy outskirts of
cities and towns close to the new railway lines.

Source:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architecture_of_the_United_Kingdom
2. https://hortons.co/journal/british-architecture-through-the-ages/
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwardian_architecture
4. https://www.homedit.com/house-styles/victorian-architecture/
#:~:text=Victorian%20architecture%20is%20the%20building,Romanesque
%20Revival%2C%20and%20Second%20Empire.