A Tudor Revival house in New England. The Tudor Revival style looked toward the England of Queen Elizabeth I for inspiration in houses that tended toward elements of asymmetry in form. Ranging from “storybook” cottages to grand mansions, they were typically built of stone, brick, or stucco and often incorporated half-timbering and leaded casement windows. It was perhaps the most romantic of the early 20th-century revival styles.
This wonderful example in Springfield, MA, has many characteristic features of the style. Note how the 15th-century architectural vocabulary is used on the very 20th-century sun porch and porte cochere at either end of the house. Applying historic character to modern features that did not exist when the style was first popular is typical of revival styles of architecture. It is one of the ways to distinguish between a house of the original style and one of the revival style.
Tudor Revival is one of 25 styles described and illustrated with multiple examples in Chapter 2 of “Restoring Your Historic House, The Comprehensive Guide for Homeowners.”
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