. The English house, how to judge its periods and styles. ,the most English and national form of Gothic. CHAPTER IXLATE GOTHIC AND TUDOR HOMES WE have already studied two housesbuilt in the Perpendicular style ofGothic—Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk,and a beautiful manor-house at Great Chalfield,Wiltshire; but something more must be saidabout this very English form of Gothic, becauseour Tudor houses owe to it all their bestqualities. Tudor architecture is said to beginwith the reign of Henry VH,, in 1485 ; thatis, a distinction may then be made between itand its forerunner, the so-called Perpendiculars
. The English house, how to judge its periods and styles. ,the most English and national form of Gothic. CHAPTER IXLATE GOTHIC AND TUDOR HOMES WE have already studied two housesbuilt in the Perpendicular style ofGothic—Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk,and a beautiful manor-house at Great Chalfield,Wiltshire; but something more must be saidabout this very English form of Gothic, becauseour Tudor houses owe to it all their bestqualities. Tudor architecture is said to beginwith the reign of Henry VH,, in 1485 ; thatis, a distinction may then be made between itand its forerunner, the so-called Perpendicularstyle ; and this distinction arises from the factthat builders began to be influenced a littleby new principles of design coming fromItaly. When did the Perpendicular style first beginto show itself? The year 1352 has been chosenas a good approximate date, because at thattime a church was founded at Edington, Wilt-shire, from which students have learnt whenthe Second Pointed style of Gothic, known as Decorated English, began its transition into the 144. PART OF A TJI^BIi:K BODBE, DUM&TEE SOLJEKSETBHIRF,. Tldor Timber Work, RErcN of Henry VII. See fage 146. GOTHIC AND TUDOR HOMES 145 Perpendicular manner, so called. This transi-tion was almost completed when Richard to the throne. During his reign (1377-1399) some buildings were no doubt putup in the Decorated style ; but William ofWykeham belonged to this period, and hisworks have a very evident Perpendicularcharacter, their tracery being arranged in up-right lines. When England went away from her Deco-rated Gothic and evolved a new and severestyle she expressed her dislike for too muchornamentation, like that which gave Franceand Germany their flamboyant period of stone was treated as a pliant material inwhich to form waved lines, and contortedcurves, and flame-like patterns, for architects andbuilders forgot that stone was unlike modelling-wax. Now the Decorated style in Englandwas subject to the same deb
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