Tudor House Thatched Roof

Many older tudors houses had a thatched roof.

Tudor house thatched roof.

The roof may be covered in slate or shingle thatch chimneys are large or clustered. People with more money would have a large garden and this might include more elaborate decoration. Roof maintenance is often an issue in tudor houses due to multiple intersecting roof lines a prime spot for leaks. Because the roofs are steep you could pay 30 000 to 60 000 to have the roof.

At custom shingles we still steam bend our shingles just as the original creators of tudor cottage shingles did. Tudor arts crafts hallmarks steep roofs are most common usually gabled often featuring a jerkinhead clipped gable. The photograph below shows the tudor houses in chiddingstone. Tudor houses have steeply pitched roof covered with clay or stone tiles.

Tudor homes often had some kind of garden as well. A tudor revival house roof is generally made of cedar shingles but teak or other species can also be used. For people with less money a garden would be quite small and was a place where they could grow their own herbs and vegetables.