Understand correctness of forms, respectability and consistency in interior and exterior as the English style, firm canons of the building and planning of rooms. At this architectural direction it is several types united by the general rules. It is possible to pick up optimal variant of planning and design for the apartment, country house or giving.
English architectural style Tudor
This English style has arisen in the 16th century during board of dynasty of the Tudor dynasty, it included decorative elements of late Gothic, practicality modern for those times and comfort and also notes of the Flemish Renaissance. Houses have grown in number of storeys that has allowed to build on small city allotments spacious premises to two-three floors.
The English style Tudor is characterized by the correct symmetric forms, small turret over main entrance or bay window. Basis of the house is the bearing frame of joists which was filled with brick or clay earlier. Today it can be gas concrete and other modern materials. Outside the first floor is revetted with stone, and the subsequent - light plaster.
Coming into the house, guests get to the spacious hall in which by tradition all is placed the most valuable and significant for owners. Here it is possible to see portraits of ancestors, expensive porcelain, collection of weapon or scarecrows of animals. The hall, and the living room is place where welcomed guests therefore residents of England tried to arrange it so that the room emphasized solidity and respectability of its owners. Opposite to outer door the fireplace and the massive ladder conducting on the second floor surely was placed.
English rural house
The main line of the English house in country style is use of natural materials: stone and tree. It is more spacious than the city fellow, the ceiling is decorated by weighty beams from dark tree, floors and walls are executed from natural stone or stylized under it. The rough timber floor is also popular. Bright colors in interior cannot be used. If in decor the basic color dark, it is diluted by light parts. If white, small parts of interior is carried out in dark brown tones. All furniture in the house is covered with plaids and covers, and floors carpet. The more handmade parts, the better. The central place is still taken by fireplace, and the house begins with the spacious hall. Most often single-storey buildings therefore for bedrooms the penthouse is taken away. The design of all rooms is carried out in uniform style.
Interior design in the English style
The interior in the traditional English house is quite strict, however his classic is based on continuous eclecticism. Throughout all history, at the time of colonization, Britain received not only lands, but also various styles and the directions of design. Thus the Victorian interior which has combined in itself gothic style and classicism, baroque and rococo, Romance motives and the French empire style was created. In interior, fancy, not similar to anything, it is possible to trace even notes of east exotic and Asian refinement. Basis of the English interior are expensive natural materials and their high quality. Furniture has to be made of the dark massif of wood, and leather sofas are always covered with woolen plaids. Cold stone floor is carpeted, and at the living room there is fireplace. Walls of the English houses are not empty, they can be decorated with family photos and pictures. There is a lot of parts, beginning from support for umbrellas at entrance and finishing with numerous statues and flowerpots.