Characteristics of Tudors
/I’m focusing on the lovely American Tudor style of architecture this month. My own house is a Tudor - at least on the outside. Someone took some liberties in the 1990s and it lost some of it’s historic nature - on the inside. From the outside it is still it’s lovely self. I’ll post a picture of it below. We’ve decorated our front window for Easter, so you may see that in the pic.
My Tudor Home
There are a few features of my house that make it a Tudor. First is its steep rooflines. This is very typical of the style. Also the window are typical - this style often has windows grouped together in groups of three or more. And those windows are often broken up into smaller panes. My two sets of front windows are groups of three and you can see the smaller panes as well. One other thing that makes it the Tudor style is the front entrance. My entry is asymmetrical and sheltered from view and the elements by my bricked archway.
A Sugarhouse Tudor
This is another example of a Tudor home. You can see it’s steep roof. And it also has a group of three windows there in the front (partially hidden by the tree). This home also has the more stylized chimney typical of Tudors with the stone chimney caps.
Tudors were popular in America from around 1980 to 1940. The most popular years were in the 1920s and 1930s. Much of the Sugarhouse neighborhood here in Salt Lake City was built in those two decades so we see a lot of Tudors in that neighborhood.
The two houses above are all brick. Some Tudors also have second stories that are stuccoed with partially exposed timbers.
Inside Tudors are not massively different than bungalows. They have built-in shelving and wall shelving, hardwood floors, and not always very open floor plans as is common in this era. One main difference on the inside is the fireplace. Bungalows and Victorians often have large, elaborately styled fireplaces. Tudors are often much simpler. The below is a picture of a fireplace you may find in a Tudor. It is still beautiful, but isn’t as heavy with large pieces of quarter sawn oak and large, ornate mantels with mirrors and columns, etc.
A Tudor Fireplace
Over the next couple weeks we’ll go through a couple of Tudors in the city for more examples of what they are like. Until then, have a great rest of your week!
