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unusual facts about Victorian house



A Christmas Story House

The 19th-century Victorian, which was used in the exterior scenes of Ralphie Parker's house in the 1983 film A Christmas Story, was purchased by a private developer in 2004 and has been restored and renovated to appear as it did both inside and outside in the film.

Betty Draper

In the episode, "Tea Leaves", Betty and her family are now shown to be living in a large Victorian estate in Rye, New York.


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Belford, Northumberland

Westhall is a privately owned Victorian house built in the style of the castellated fortified house that it replaced on the same site.

Bush's Pasture Park

The park and Italianate Victorian house date to 1877-1878 when they were built for Asahel Bush, founder of the Oregon Statesman newspaper and subsequently of the Ladd and Bush Bank.

Ely Place, Dublin

The academy's old headquarters, a Victorian house which had once been the property of Oliver St. John Gogarty was demolished and it was expected that the modern building, designed by Raymond McGrath, formerly Principal Architect with the OPW, would be ready for its first exhibition in 1975.

Gayle Hunnicutt

It followed her during the sale of her Primrose Hill Victorian house and her subsequent purchase of an English country property to be close to her grandchildren.

John Henry Chamberlain

12 Ampton Road (Shenstone House), Edgbaston – Chamberlain's first house; 'the first High Victorian house in the town'

Knockbridge

Stephenstown House, a large ruined Victorian house, once owned by a branch of the Fortescue family, stands beside the River Fane about a mile outside the village.

Newlands Valley

Demolition began in 2006 of Rigg Beck, the well-known "purple house" on the main Braithwaite–Buttermere road; this large Victorian house was for many years a source of cheap accommodation for visitors (including Ted Hughes, Tenzing Norgay, Doug Scott, Tom Courtenay and Bob Hoskins).

Starbotton

The Victorian house itself is an extension of a much older Dales Long Barn.