\paperw3360 \margr0\margl0\ATXph16380 \plain \fs20 \f1 \fs22 From 1714 through to 1830, the consecutive reigns of \b \cf4 \ATXht13171000 George I\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 to \b \cf4 \ATXht13211000 George IV\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 correspond very closely to the fashion for Classical architecture in Britain. The term æGeorgianÆ is thus used to indicate the chief attributes of Classicism, namely order, proportion, restraint, purity and elegance.
In a society which believed it had discovered the universal rules of taste in the works of the ancient Greeks and Romans, uniformity deliberately prevailed over originality. Despite this builders of the period did occasionally experiment with the Gothi
c and Rococo styles and with chinoiserie. Yet generally speaking the Georgian style is noted for its homogeneity, by contrast to the ensuing eclecticism of the Victorian age. Apart from the boom in Classical urbanism which transformed every major town
and city, the Georgian era also witnessed a prolific building of country houses.\par
