Gothic Revival

/ɡˈɒθɪk ɹɪvˈaɪvəl/

/ɡˈɑːθɪk ɹɪvˈaɪvəl/

Gothic Revival

an architectural style that emerged in the 18th and 19th centuries, characterized by the reintroduction of Gothic elements and forms inspired by medieval architecture

synonyms : neo-Gothic

Examples

1. He hated growing up at the castle and later commissioned architect William Burges to transform it in lavish Gothic Revival style.

2. It's really famous as being Britain's best example of Gothic Revival architecture and I mean I'm just standing here today in my dream gothic library.

3. This is why it's often associated with reason, but the gothic can have no prior representation, it's surely significant that each major gothic revival was a collaborative effort, John Ruskin, in a famously vexed love triangle in the Scottish highlands, William Morris in a circle of students at Oxford, and, of course, Horace Walpole, and the Committee of Taste at Strawberry Hill.