Tudor Architecture

Tudor architecture - a style of English-Gothic architecture popular during the Tudor period; characterized by half-timbered houses ...

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Tudor Style
Lush color photographs illustrate Tudor style homes across the USA. This book is an especially good resource if you're seeking ideas for paint colors and interior decore.

The emphasis was on the simple, rustic and the less impressive aspects of Tudor architecture, imitating in this way medieval cottages or country houses.

A stylised flower, usually based on the lily and with three petals. This is used a great deal in medieval and Tudor architecture as a decoration, owing to its connection to the Royal coat of arms and the Virgin Mary.

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Shafted Chimneys
- chimneys in which the flue continued beyond the stack as a shaft usually square, often set diagonally, circular or octagonal and sometimes decoratively treated, eg with a twist. They are a particular feature of tudor architecture.

See also: Tudor arch, Architecture, Tudor, House, Perpendicular