Calling all Minneapolis history buffs: This English Gothic mansion known as the Pillsbury House is now on the market for $2.8 million. Why we love it: With over 45 rooms spread across four floors ...

They display a wide array of architectural styles from Early English Gothic, to the majesty of the Renaissance at St Paul's and the sixties modernism of Liverpool's Roman Catholic Cathedral.

But why do we call it 'goth'? We've asked Emma McEvoy, Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Westminster and expert in all things Gothic, to tell us about how the word travelled through ...