Tudor houses have steeply pitched roof covered with clay or stone tiles.
Tudor house thatched roof.
The roof may be covered in slate or shingle thatch chimneys are large or clustered.
Tudor arts crafts hallmarks steep roofs are most common usually gabled often featuring a jerkinhead clipped gable.
A tudor house with a thatched roof.
A tudor revival house roof is generally made of cedar shingles but teak or other species can also be used.
However for those who were rich enough to afford it a tiled roof was also available which was more weather proof and durable than a thatched roof.
Because the roofs are steep you could pay 30 000 to 60 000 to have the roof.
Many older tudors houses had a thatched roof.
At custom shingles we still steam bend our shingles just as the original creators of tudor cottage shingles did.
For people with less money a garden would be quite small and was a place where they could grow their own herbs and vegetables.
Tudor homes often had some kind of garden as well.
People with more money would have a large garden and this might include more elaborate decoration.