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If you look at a positively selected sample of Victorian building (i.e. what people thought was worth keeping / repairing post the Luftwaffe) it will show in a good light.
I live in a pretty standard Victorian railway worker’s house that has none of the features you mention - because it was built for the working classes, just like the example newbuild you selected.
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In words instead then... Victorian homes - or at least, a great many of them - were not just built as quickly and cheaply as possible. If they were, they wouldn't have large windows, bays, ornamentation etc. All of which would have cost money back in day just like they do now.