The term Edwardian Baroque refers to the Neo-Baroque architectural style of many public buildings built in the British Empire during the Edwardian era (1901–1910).
The characteristic features of the Edwardian Baroque style were drawn from two main sources: the architecture of France in the 18th century and that of Sir Christopher Wren in England in the 17th. Some of the architecture that borrowed more heavily from the English Baroque architects was known by the term Wrenaissance. Sir Edwin Lutyens was a leading exponent, designing many commercial buildings in what he termed 'the Grand Style' in the later 1910s and 20s. This period of British architectural history is considered a particularly backward-looking one, since it is contemporary with Art Nouveau.
Typical details of Edwardian Baroque architecture include extensive rustication, usually heavier at ground level, often running into and exaggerating the voissours of arched openings (derived from French models); domed corner rooftop pavilions and a central taller tower-like element creating a lively rooftop silhouette; revived Italian Baroque elements such as exaggerated keystones, segmental arched pediments, columns with engaged blocks, attached block-like rustication to window surrounds; colonnades of (sometimes paired) columns in the Ionic order and domed towers modelled closely on Wren's for the Royal Naval College in Greenwich. Some Edwardian Baroque buildings include details from other sources, such as the Dutch gables of Norman Shaw's Piccadilly Hotel in London.
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[edit] Notable Edwardian Baroque buildings
United Kingdom
- Admiralty Arch, London
- The Albert Hall, Nottingham, opened 1910
- Ashton Memorial, Lancaster
- Belfast City Hall
- Cardiff City Hall
- City Hall, Hull [1]
- Central Criminal Court (Old Bailey), London
- Country Life Offices, London, Sir Edwin Lutyens)
- County Hall, London
- Deptford Public Library [2]
- Electric Cinema (Notting Hill)
- Law Courts, City Hall and University College, Cathays Park, Cardiff
- Nottingham railway station, opened 1904.
- The Midland Bank building in Piccadilly, Sir Edwin Lutyens, 1922.
- Piccadilly Hotel, London
- Port of Liverpool Building, Liverpool
- Stockport Town Hall
- War Office, London
- Westminster Central Hall, London
- Woolwich Town Hall
- The Library Building, Stafford
New Zealand
Australia
- Lands Administration Building, Brisbane
- Queen Victoria Hospital, Melbourne (main pavilion, now Queen Victoria Women's Centre)
- Commonwealth Offices, Treasury Place, Melbourne
- Central Railway Station, Sydney
Canada
- Post Office (now part of Sinclair Centre), Vancouver
Hong Kong
India
- Chowringhee Mansions, Calcutta
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