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Sorry to have to be so beastly, given that your article has made DYK, but: The statement that this building is a massive Romanesque style building with Queen Anne architectural elements in some exterior features is an inaccurate description, and you've got the Heritage Register to thank for that piece of information!
There is nothing whatsoever about this building that resembles Romanesque architecture except that the stone is rough surfaced.
But note that the blocks are all cut in neat courses and "rusticated" as a surface effect. They are not rough, irregular blocks.
Queen Anne was built in grey, texture Bessemer Blocks, along with every other imaginable material. Here is a good example: Marquay Cottage.
This building ought not be described as having "Queen Anne architectural elements in some exterior features".
The Queen Anne style, as it is demonstrated in domestic architecture of the late 19th-early 20th centuries is generally marked by its extremely decorative nature, its elaborate roofline and its asymmetry. The courthouse fits with only a few of those distinctions. Queen Anne style is basically a Classicising style, and not everything that is Classicising is Queen Anne.
The building in fact has Classicising elements on every single external feature, including the textured stone.
Classical features:
Since your major source has the description wrong, I'm not sure how you go about correcting this, except to shift the emphasis.
I would use the term "Free Classical" to describe this building.
Amandajm ( talk) 17:06, 22 August 2012 (UTC)
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Sorry to have to be so beastly, given that your article has made DYK, but: The statement that this building is a massive Romanesque style building with Queen Anne architectural elements in some exterior features is an inaccurate description, and you've got the Heritage Register to thank for that piece of information!
There is nothing whatsoever about this building that resembles Romanesque architecture except that the stone is rough surfaced.
But note that the blocks are all cut in neat courses and "rusticated" as a surface effect. They are not rough, irregular blocks.
Queen Anne was built in grey, texture Bessemer Blocks, along with every other imaginable material. Here is a good example: Marquay Cottage.
This building ought not be described as having "Queen Anne architectural elements in some exterior features".
The Queen Anne style, as it is demonstrated in domestic architecture of the late 19th-early 20th centuries is generally marked by its extremely decorative nature, its elaborate roofline and its asymmetry. The courthouse fits with only a few of those distinctions. Queen Anne style is basically a Classicising style, and not everything that is Classicising is Queen Anne.
The building in fact has Classicising elements on every single external feature, including the textured stone.
Classical features:
Since your major source has the description wrong, I'm not sure how you go about correcting this, except to shift the emphasis.
I would use the term "Free Classical" to describe this building.
Amandajm ( talk) 17:06, 22 August 2012 (UTC)