Tudoresque architecture is viewed around the world as a symbol of British identity. This style has a powerful hold on the popular imagination; representing the idea of ‘home’ to British citizens; both in the United Kingdom and abroad. Some love it; others hate it; but the Tudoresque is still being built; sometimes to give a house a settled; old-fashioned air; sometimes to supply exotica.While lots of people live in Tudor-style houses; very few know anything about their general history. Tudoresque is an insightful book that explores the origin of the style; tracing its roots to the antiquarian enthusiasms of the eighteenth century. It looks at the Tudoresque cottage style; which later influenced 1930s architecture; and the Tudor-style manor house; particularly favoured in the nineteenth century. While the style has been discouraged since the 1920s – and is especially reviled by modernists – it continues often to be chosen when design professionals do not have the upper hand. Contrary to common view; the authors show how Tudoresque is the mainstream of twentieth-century British architecture and a mass phenomenon. Whether mock Tudor; Tudorbethan or Tudor Revival; they are important not so much because they are great architecture; but because they are everywhere.Illustrated with more than 200 years of Tudoresque buildings; and including examples from Britain; America; India and East Asia; this perceptive and knowledgeable book will enlighten anyone with a curiosity about the subject or about the house in which they live.
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