According to Virginia and Lee McAlester in A Field Guide to American Houses,
“The Neo-Tudor, like its pre-1940 Tudor predecessors, is characterized by dominant front-facing gables with steeply pitched roofs; these almost always have decorative half-timbered detailing in Neo-Tudor houses. Slender windows, frequently in groups of four or more and sometimes with diamond-shaped panes, are also common, as in pre-1940 Tudor houses. The earlier examples of the style are usually one-story Ranch house forms with Tudor detailing added. During the 1970s two-story adaptations became common. As in other Neoeclectic styles, the Neo-Tudor is a very free interpretation of traditional designs; unlike its Tudor antecedent, there is little attempt at precisely mimicking Medieval forms or detailing.”
Identifying Features:
As noted in “Architectural Movements of the Recent Past” by Alan Higgins, the defining features of the Neo-Tudor style are:
- Mixture of brick and stucco
- Half-timbering
- High pitched roof with multiple gables and/or hips
- Asymmetrical
- Casement Windows
- Diamond Pane Glass
- Dominant front-facing gables
Sources:
- Higgins, Alan. “Architectural Movements of the Recent Past,” PDF. http://alan-higgins.com/.
- McAlester, Virginia and Lee. A Field Guide to American Houses. New York: Knopf, 1991.
