The
Tudor architectural style is the final development of
Medieval architecture in England, during the
Tudor period (1485–1603) and even beyond. It followed the
Perpendicular style and, although superseded by
Elizabethan architecture in domestic building of any pretensions to fashion, the Tudor style long retained its hold on English taste. Nevertheless, 'Tudor style' is an awkward style-designation, with its implied suggestions of continuity through the period of the
Tudor dynasty and the misleading impression that there was a style break at the accession of Stuart
James I in 1603.