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No. 35 Pools · Victorian

Victorian Rectangular Pool with Patterned Tile

Outside a green Victorian home detailed with gingerbread trim, a rectangular pool is surrounded by patterned tile, black wrought iron railings, and a stone raised spa with a spillover.

Design notes

Victorian pools are rare in period photographs, so the best modern versions borrow the era's ornament: a wrought-iron fence and gates, patterned tile borders, urns on pedestals, a gazebo or glasshouse pool room, and planting of roses, ferns and hydrangeas. Keep the pool shape classic and let the ironwork and tile carry the style.

What to look for

  • The coping — how the deck meets the water sets the whole tone
  • Where the spa sits and how it spills into the pool
  • Night lighting: which features glow and which stay dark
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