What is a Tudor house?

Answer 1

Tudor houses are much like the earlier medieval houses, except that they take advantage of the architectural implications of the chimney, which was first introduced in the 12th century and slowly was adopted in domestic building in the Late Middle Ages.

The older manor houses had great halls. Heating was done by building a fire in the great hall on a hearth or brazier, and the smoke was allowed to rise to the roof and go out an opening under the gables or in the roof. Such construction meant that the great hall had to be very high, and a second floor could only exist over part of the structure. Of course, the air was full of smoke, the whole place very drafty since there were large open vents, and the heat was not trapped inside. An alternate way of venting smoke, called a smoke canopy, was a hood over a hearth that gathered the smoke and vented directly outside, but it was not generally useful for heating individual rooms and was usually only used in kitchens.

The introduction of the chimney made it possible to heat individual rooms and have the smoke vented outside. Tudor structures took advantage of this by extending the second and higher floors to cover the whole structure and eliminate the great hall altogether, unless it was called for because of other reasons.

There is a link to an the domestic section of an article on Tudor architecture below. Directly below that section of the article is a list of links to examples of Tudor houses.

Answer 2

Furniture In rich Tudor houses they would have lots of furniture. they would use mainly oak which was heavy and massive. beds were feather. they had chairs but they were very expensive so not all of the children could sit on them neither could the servants.

Windows

Rich people had windows in their houses but these were extremely expensive so no poor people had proper glass windows. Tudor windows were made of small pieces of glass and were held together by lead.

Chimneys

Rich Tudor houses had large chimneys

Inside

in wealthy Tudor houses the walls were lined with oak to stop a draft coming in. People slept in four poster beds. people had wallpaper on their walls but only very few. other people hung tapestries or painted cloths on their wall. people also had carpets but because they were so expensive they hung them on the walls instead of on the floor. people covered the floor with rushes, reeds or straw. once a month the floor covering was changed. they also lit their rooms with beeswax candles.

Outside

The rich lived in country mansions which were often in H or E shapes. Tudor people were very fond of their gardens. many people had mazes, fountains and hedges cut into shapes. Windows became the main features to a Tudor house. Rich houses were made of brick or stone and tiles. The upper storeys of a Tudor house were often larger than the bottom floor and had a jetty.

Answer 3

A house that has many angles on the roof instead of the modern 2.

Answer 4

The Houses Were Made Out Of Wood (timber) ,tar, wattle and daub (mixture of clay). Tar Was Used To Hide Out The Places Which Were Rotten And To Help The House Not To Rot.

Answer 5

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