Next up, this 100 year old Tudor Style home will be getting a major overhaul. It's main feature will be the addition of a stone archway on the front entrance with a hand carved keystone. Adding more stone elements will accentuate the homes existing exterior, staying true to it's original style. Restoring and renovating historical buildings and homes is one of our specialties, so we can't wait to get going on this one.
What is a Tudor style home? Tudor homes are characterized by their steeply pitched gable roofs, playfully elaborate masonry chimneys (often with chimney pots), embellished doorways, groupings of windows, decorative half-timbering, and exposed wood framework with the spaces between the timbers filled with masonry or stucco. There are several easily identifiable features of American Tudors, the first being stucco walls with or without decorative wood half-timbering. A few houses of this style had weatherboard or shingled walls with stucco and half-timbered gables. Other Tudor-style houses used stone for the walls, often with a decorative stone trim. The most prevalent building material for American Tudors was brick, frequently laid out in an elaborate pattern on the first story with a second story of stucco or wood and false half-timbering in a decorative pattern. A distinguishing feature of the Tudor house was the steep gabled roof, often punctuated with small dormers and clad with slate. The main gable frequently had a secondary side or cross gable. Gable-ends were often adorned with verge boards whose decoration ranges from simple to highly carved. A few variants had gables with parapets, which is very English. Tudor-style houses usually had casement windows grouped in rows of three or more framed in either wood or metal. Double-hung windows were less common. Windows were often divided into six or eight rectangular panesor arranged in a diamond pattern, this latter style often executed in leaded glass. Windows were usually placed symmetrically in the main gable. A Tudor entrance was part of an asymmetrical assemblage of architectural elements, some decorative and some meant to provide protection. Protection came from a thick masonry wall that allowed the door to be recessed or from a projecting bay window or small roof over the door. Renaissance embellishments included arched openings, board and batten doors, luxurious black metal door hardware, and tabs of cut stone set into the brick wall, giving a quoin-like effect. Cheers! Nicolene Watson Owner Nicolene Watson - Director of Media
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