Definition of Tudorbethan in English:
Tudorbethan
adjective ˌtjuːdəˈbiːθ(ə)n
(of a contemporary house or architectural design) imitative of Tudor and Elizabethan styles.
Example sentencesExamples
- A vigorous traditionalist, he sustained the late romantic mood and idiom in poems and ‘anciente ballades’ that were fluid, mellifluous, and somewhat fractious, the poetic analogue of ‘Tudorbethan’ architecture.
- A six-year overhaul of a ‘Tudorbethan’ house in Surrey has won a prestigious award for the builder.
- The town is like a cross between Godalming and Alice Springs, Tudorbethan home countries with corrugated tin roofs.
- Spanish Mission villas and nostalgic ‘Tudorbethan’ cottages shared a consistent decor, regardless of the economic class for whom they were intended and their scale.
Origin
1930s: blend of Tudor and Elizabethan.