MASONRY TUDOR OR JACOBEAN
Key Distinguishing Characteristics
The Tudor is an imposing-looking house with fortress
like lines. Siding chiefly is stone and brick with some stucco and half timbers.
Windows and doors have molded cement or stone trim around them. This style also
is called Jacobean in some areas.
Other Distinguishing Characteristics
- Usually 2 ½ stories
- Stone or cement window mullions and transoms
- Casement windows with leaded glass (often diamond-shaped)
- High, prominent chimneys with protruding chimney pots
- Semi-hexagonal bays and turrets
- Interior often laid out with odd-shaped rooms full of nooks and crannies,
large fireplaces, beamed ceilings and rough plaster walls
History
The style started in England in late fifteenth century
during the reign of the House of Tudor. It did not become popular in the United
States until the late 1800s.