Tudor Buildings

A selection of buildings dating from the Tudor period showing typical features of tudor architecture and local variations.

Add to My Favourites Copyright English Heritage Photo Library The keep, Pendennis Castle, Falmouth, Cornwall The castle keep pictured is part of the original Tudor fort that was built around 1540 to defend the South coast of England. The keep contains gun platforms and living accommodation. This was the strongest part of the castle and everyone would take refuge there when under attack. This site is now in the care of English Heritage (2010).	Add to My Favourites English Heritage.NMR/Mr John Brookes Berkeley Arms, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire A town centre building, originally a warehouse dating from the late 15th/early 16th century. This is one of a group of important early timber framed buildings in Church Street.
Add to My Favourites Reproduced by permission of English Heritage.NMR Yeoman's House, Bignor, West Sussex The Yeoman's House dates is a 15th-century thatched and timber-framed cottage with jettied overhangs. The central section, which was originally a two-storey hall is filled in with brick in a 'herringbone' pattern. Yeomen owned a small amount of land.	Add to My Favourites English Heritage.NMR Compton Wynyates, Compton Wynyates, Warwickshire This early Tudor house was built soon after the end of the Wars of the Roses. It had a moat and other defensive features such as the tower so was designed to be defended . Later in the Tudor period houses were built mainly for comfort.
Add to My Favourites Reproduced by permission of English Heritage.NMR Little Moreton Hall, Cheshire An exterior view of the timber-framed Little Moreton Hall in Cheshire. This gentleman's residence dates from the early 15th century to around 1600. It originally had a moat and was built around a courtyard.	Add to My Favourites Reproduced by permission of English Heritage.NMR Little Moreton Hall, Cheshire An interior view of the panelled Long Gallery at Little Moreton Hall in Cheshire. The country house was built between the early 15th century and circa 1600. The long gallery was part of an extension of the south wing of the house between circa 1570 and 1580. It provided access to rooms which would originally have all led into each other.
Add to My Favourites English Heritage.NMR Paycockes House, West Street, Great Coggeshall, Essex This house was built for Thomas Paycock in the late 15th century. The jetty has original carving including; vine leaves, small heads, figures and the letters T and P. People often build features like their initials into houses to demonstrate their wealth and importance.	Add to My Favourites English Heritage.NMR Anne Of Cleves House, Southover, Lewes, East Sussex This manor house was built in the 16th century. It was one of many manors given to Anne of Cleves by Henry VIII after their marriage
Add to My Favourites English Heritage.NMR/Mr Nigel Ward LRPS A pair of cottages in Elstow Bedfordshire A pair of timber framed cottages built in the sixteenth century with plaster infill on the front and brick on the side.	Add to My Favourites Copyright English Heritage.NMR Wool Barn, Manor Farm, Frampton on Severn, Gloucestershire The Wool Barn of Manor Farm on the Frampton Court Estate was constructed between 1550 and 1585 and is used today to store wool. It was probably built for that purpose.
Add to My Favourites Reproduced by permission of English Heritage.NMR Barn at Rectory Farm, Barrington, Cambridgeshire This barn from the mid-16th century is in need of major repairs. It shows that timber framed buildings were constructed with a self supporting timber framework. The panels between the timbers were then filled in with wattle and daub, plaster, brickwork or stone	Add to My Favourites English Heritage.NMR/Mr Alan V Whetton LRPS Micklethwaite, Bingley, West Yorkshire A stone built manor house dating from the late 16th early 17th century. Timber framing was not used in the North of England where wood was scarce and stone was readily available.
Add to My Favourites English Heritage.NMR/Ms Julie Woodhouse LRPS Snitterton Hall, South Darley, Derbyshire A small Elizabethan mansion built in the late 16th century to an 'E' shape design which has had little alteration. It is built of local stone. Timber framing was not used where wood was scarce.	Add to My Favourites English Heritage.NMR/Mr Howard W Hilton ARPS Moss Hall, Audlem, Cheshire An early 17th century gentleman's house in an 'E' shape design. The very decorative half timbering demonstrated the wealth and importance of the owner.
Add to My Favourites Copyright English Heritage.NMR W. Carter and Son, Minster Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire These two four storied half-timbered buildings were altered in the 19th century and converted into a shop. Houses in town centres were often tall and narrow to occupy less ground space.