Setting in the Gothic

Ok, so from what I've seen of everyone else's blogs, looks like you all have blogged on 'The Castle Of Otranto', I think I must have missed something there (?) therefore, I will just blog about the setting found in a typical Gothic story or film.
The architecture in a Gothic fiction will be presented as large, grand buildings with unique characteristics such as pointed arches and tall spires. They would have been the monument of the city prior the 20th century, and would have been the skyscrapers of their time. Objects in the places such as candle arbores, creaking wooden doors and stone walls all add to the feel of a creepy Gothic building.
Weather is crucial to the setting of a Gothic fiction. Lightening, thunder and heavy rain is a regular occurrence, creating pathetic fallacy adding to the atmosphere of the point in the fiction. For example in Mary Shelly's Frankenstein, when Victor Frankenstein's mother dies in childbirth, the weather outside is chaotic, and in the film adaptation, lightening strikes a tree causing it to be destroyed. Another aspect of this, is that Gothic fiction is very dark, and events often take place at night to add to the horror and suspense.