Jacobethan

adj

Jacobethan

adj

Etymology Blend of Jacobean + Elizabethan, coined by John Betjeman in 1933.

1

Often, Of architecture Of a style incorporating elements of Elizabethan and Jacobean.

  • In the latter case [Helsby], in 1849, a rock-faced red sandstone waiting space in the Jacobethan style was erected on an island platform for the Birkenhead, Lancashire & Cheshire Junction Railway.2022 June 29, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Wonderful waiting rooms on the waiting list”, in RAIL, number 960, page 56:
Related terms
Tudorbethan, mock Tudor

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