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| 1837 |
| | | Work begins on Charles Barry's spectacular design for London's new Houses of Parliament | |
|  | Houses of Parliament, c.1851
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| 1837 |
| | | Pugin begins work on his first contribution to country house architecture, adding extensive Gothic details to Scarisbrick Hall in Lancashire | |
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| 1839 |
| | | Edgar Allan Poe publishes a characteristically gothic tale, The Fall of the House of Usher | |
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| 1852 |
| | | Queen Victoria opens the new Houses of Parliament, designed by Charles Barry and Augustus Welby Pugin | |
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| 1852 |
| | | The church of St Mary Magdalen in Mortlake, designed in Gothic style by Gilbert Blount, is completed | |
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| 1856 |
| | | Victoria and Albert complete their fairy-tale castle at Balmoral, adding greatly to the nation's romantic view of Scotland | |
|  | Balmoral Castle
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| 1863 |
| | | British architect George Gilbert Scott designs a memorial for Prince Albert in Kensington Gardens | |
|  | Sculptural group, Albert Memorial
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| 1897 |
| | | English author Bram Stoker publishes Dracula, his gothic tale of vampirism in Transylvania | |
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| 1944 August |
| | | The Allied advance in Italy comes to a halt at the Gothic Line of German defences, north of Florence | |
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| 1946 |
| | | Titus Groan begins British author Mervyn Peake's trilogy of gothic novels | |
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