Tudor House Thatched Roof

Tudor houses have steeply pitched roof covered with clay or stone tiles.

Tudor house thatched roof.

Many older tudors houses had a thatched roof. 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. People with more money would have a large garden and this might include more elaborate decoration. Tudor arts crafts hallmarks steep roofs are most common usually gabled often featuring a jerkinhead clipped gable.

At custom shingles we still steam bend our shingles just as the original creators of tudor cottage shingles did. The roof may be covered in slate or shingle thatch chimneys are large or clustered. Many tudor houses had thatched roofs. The photograph below shows the tudor houses in chiddingstone.

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. Roof maintenance is often an issue in tudor houses due to multiple intersecting roof lines a prime spot for leaks.