TUDOR STYLE, in architecture, a term applied to the Perpendicular style, from the fact that it attained its great est development under Henry VII., the first of the Tudor line. The chapel which that monarch erected at Westminster is a famous specimen of this style. The term is applied specifically to late Per pendicular work. There are three phases of, or developments from, the Perpen dicular: (1) The Early Tudor, from the reign of Edward IV. to that of Henry VII. inclusive. Of this style there are no perfect buildings, and only few traces remaining. The Palace of Shene, built by Henry VII., has totally disappeared; but, according to the Survey of 1649, it abounded with bay windows of capri cious design, with rectangular and semi circular projections, and was adorned with many octagonal towers, sur mounted with bulbous cupolas of the same plan, having their angles enriched with crockets.
(2) Tudor, in vogue during the reign of Henry VIII. The plan of the larger
mansions of this period was quadrangu lar, comprising an inner and base court, between which stood the gate house. On the side of the inner court facing the entrance were the great chamber, or room of assembly, the hall, the chapel, the gallery for amusements, on an up per story, running the whole length of the principal side of the quadrangle, and the summer and winter parlors. The materials were either brick or stone, sometimes both combined. Molded brickwork and terra-cotta were also em ployed for decorative purposes. Among the more striking peculiarities were the gate houses, the numerous turrets and ornamental chimneys, the large and beautiful bay and oriel windows, ham mer beam roofs, and paneled wainscot ing round the apartments.
(3) Late Tudor, or Elizabethan.