This cross-disciplinary paper deals with two seemingly unrelated disciplines – architecture and literature, which are rarely seen in correlation to one another. Usually, architectural theory is reserved for scholars of specific fields such as art history, architecture or design while literary theory is reserved for scholars who study literature of specific cultures and language communities. However, scientific methodologies of the 21st century challenge us to broaden our horizons and look at already known facts and phenomena through different lenses in order to discover new meanings about the world’s past (or present). Thus, the main objective behind this master’s thesis was to investigate “Gothic” tendencies characteristic of 18th and 19th century which are expressed in two rather different artistic mediums. The particular interest was put on discovering underlying messages both neo-gothic architecture and Gothic novel conveyed at that time. While the differences between these two mediums are obvious, the similarities are less evident and in some instances even surprising which is why, once they are brought to light, they raise interest for this topic even more.