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Georgean architecture is the name given to the set of architectural styles current between 1720 and 1840.
The adjective is connected to the period in which the 'George' kings reigned in Great Britain.
It took expiration from the classical style, it conveyed the idea of perfection, regularity, simmetry through the use of proportion.
simple mathematical ratios were used to determine the height of a window in relation to its width or the shape of a room as a double cube. "Regular" was a term of approval, implying symmetry and adherence to classical rules.
Georgian designs usually lay within the Classical order of architecture and employed a decorative vocabulary derived from ancient Rome or Greece.