Tudor architecture facts for kids

The Tudor architectural style is a mediaeval architectural style in England during the Tudor period (1485–1603).

Tudor House, Chester is a good example of a wealthy merchant's house. Tudor House is constructed in sandstone, in brick, and in timber framing with plaster panels. It is roofed in slate. It has four storeys plus a cellar. It is a grade II* listed building on the National Heritage List for England.

The Deanery Tower in Hadleigh, Suffolk, early Henry VIII

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Athelhampton House - built 1493-1550, early in the period
Hardwick Hall, Elizabethan prodigy house
Gatehouse of Oxburgh Hall in Oxborough
Detail of Georg Hoefnagel's 1568 watercolour of the south front of Nonsuch Palace. This is the way it would have looked early in the reign of Elizabeth I.
Kentwell Hall
Anne Hathaway's Cottage, a timber-framed farmhouse
Henry VII Lady Chapel at Westminster Abbey (1503–09)
The Gate of Honor, Caius Court, Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge (1565)
The Hall, Middle Temple, London; damaged and rebuilt after World War II
Great Hall, Hampton Court Palace
Compton Wynyates, Warwickshire
Portal, Burghley House, near Peterborough
Elizabethan gardens at Kenilworth Castle

Tudor architecture facts for kids

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