Tudor Half-timbered with white-painted wattle and daub painted walls
​Half-timbered with white-painted wattle and daub painted walls

To look for 

  • ​Half-timbered with white-painted wattle and daub painted walls
  • Layouts in a "H"or "E"format
  • Roofs were complex and steeply pitched, with many gables
  • Rich oriel, or bay windows
  • Small-paned casement windows
  • Large groups of rectangular windows
  • Sometimes, featuring a jetty overhanging the street
  • Tall narrow doors and windows
  • Tudor rose, thistle and fleur de lys decorative symbols
  • Often unusual or fantastic chimney treatments
  • Wood-panelled internal walls
  • Lavish use of moulded plasterwork to decorate ceilings, cornices and walls.
visit a tudor houses and see for yourself
tudor house margate
Thought to be one of the oldest of its kind in Kent. Grade II listed building built in 1525 as a yeoman farmer’s house. Restored in 1951, 86% genuine Tudor construction and materials.
Made up of three reception rooms including beautiful Jacobean period plaster ceiling, three bedrooms and a garden with seating and stocks
https://margatemuseum.wordpress.com/tudor-house/
Tudor - Sutton House
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Built in 1535 by prominent courtier of Henry VIII, Sir Ralph Sadleir, Sutton House retains much of the atmosphere of a Tudor home despite some alterations by later occupants, including a succession of merchants, Huguenot silkweavers, and squatters. Discover oak-panelled rooms, original carved fireplaces and a charming courtyard
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/sutton-house-and-breakers-yard
Picture
Example of a timber box framed building dating around 1653. The Tudor House Hotel is in the Shropshire town of Market Drayton

Tudor House Style
​1448-1560

Unusual or fantastic chimney treatments
Unusual or fantastic chimney treatments
Tudor roofs were complex and steeply pitched, with many gables
Roofs were complex and steeply pitched, with many gables

Timber Frames

Timber frame  walls were a prominent form of building until the mid 17th century. However  their inflammable nature meant  builders would look for new methods. It had a renaissance mainly between 1850 - 1920 as the Victorian developer used it quite widely  particularly above a masonry ground floor.
Sometimes, Tudor houses feature a jetty overhanging the street
Sometimes, featuring a jetty overhanging the street
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