Tudor Style

Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)

in architecture, a term applied to the Perpendicular style, from the fact that it attained its greatest development under Henry VII., the first of the Tudor line. The chapel which that monarch erected at Westminster is a famous specimen of this style. The term is applied specifically to late Perpendicular work. There are three phases of, or developments from, the Perpendicular: (1) The Early Tudor, from the reign of Edward IV. to that of Henry VII. inclusive. Of this style there are no perfect buildings, and only few traces remaining. The Palace of Shene, built by Henry VII., has totally disappeared; but, according to the Survey of 1649, it abounded with bay windows of capricious design, with rectangular and semicircular projections, and was adorned with many octagonal towers, sursame plan, having their angles enriched with crockets. (2) Tudor, in vogue during the reign of Henry Henry VIII. The plan of the larger was quadrangumansions of this period lar, comprising an inner and base court, between which stood the gate house. On the side of the inner court facing the entrance were the great chamber, room assembly, the hall, the chapel, the gallery for amusements, on an upper story, running the whole length of the principal side of the quadrangle, and the summer and winter parlors. The materials were either brick or stone, Molded sometimes both combined. brickwork and terra-cotta were also employed for decorative purposes. Among the more striking peculiarities were the gate houses, the numerous turrets and ornamental chimneys, the large and beautiful bay and oriel windows, hammer beam roofs, and paneled wainscot ing round the apartments. (3) Late Tudor, or Elizabethan.