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• Single dominant mid-facade gable: About 20 percent of Tudor
homes are side-gabled or hipped form with a single front-facing
gable added in the middle as the dominant facade element.
This gable is rarely centered and generally includes the entry
composition.

• Front-facing gable with wing: About 40 percent of Tudor houses
are of this subtype, with a front-facing gable placed on one side
of a side-gabled, or occasionally hipped, main house block. The
front-facing gable sometimes includes a smaller gable nested
inside.

• Multiple-facade gables: This picturesque subtype is found in about
15 percent of Tudor houses. It has two or more dominant cross
gables placed randomly on the front facade and often includes
gabled wall or roof dormers.

• False thatched roof: This rare but distinctive subtype mimics
the picturesque thatched roofs of rural England with modern
materials. Typically, composition roofing is rolled or wood
shingles steamed around eaves and rakes, suggesting a thick
layering of thatch. Originally these materials often had irregular
textures, suggesting thatch, but usually these have been replaced
with new materials of a more uniform texture. Such roofs were
occasionally used on both symmetrical and asymmetrical forms
of Tudor houses, from modest to grand.

• Parapeted gables: This less common subtype is based on the
more formal building traditions of early Renaissance England
and generally has masonry walls. The walls of the characteristic
front-facing gables rise in a parapet above the roof behind.
Elaborate facade detailing of Gothic or Renaissance inspiration is
typical and includes windows with transom and surrounds, and
castellated parapets on flat-roofed towers, porches and bays.

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