Tudor Country Houses: The Characteristic Of The Boughton House?

Boughton house is a house situated in Northamptonshire. I believe that it is not very typical of Tudor country houses due to most features resembling more 17th century style houses - for example Versailles - however I don’t think it is entirely different due to some physical details of the house, how it was obtained and how it became what it is today. Firstly, (between 1536 and 1540 ) King Henry VIII wanted more power and money, and since The Pope didn’t approve of Henry’s divorce, he made himself Head of the church. When in this position, he found proof that religious people were being sinful which gave him a reason to destroy monasteries, causing the ‘Dissolution of Monasteries’. After this had happened, the land in which the monasteries
This meant that since the last parts of Boughton house were obtained during this time too, we can guess that it was fairly typical of Boughton house be obtained at this time in this way as many other Tudor people had bought the cheap land and created Tudor Country Houses from the abandoned monastic buildings. Although source 23 and 24 are problematic and do not accurately cross over, we can infer through cross-referencing that all sections of the house were bought by 1541 as Edward Montague acquired the smaller part (Named the
Firstly Versailles, also known as Château de Versailles, is a 17th century style building in France. When Ralph Montague was in possession (After Edward Montague) of Boughton House, He had visited Versailles in France and many changes were made to the site following this visit. Although not certain, it is likely that the changes and additions added to Boughton house were to replicate those of Versailles, as many features are very similar, if not the same. For example, I could infer from the top left photo on the ‘What does Tudor architecture look like?’ hand-out sheet that many items of furniture and decoration in a Typical Tudor house are made from plain wood, however in Boughton House, there was many pieces that were 17th century in design. For example the Barrel Ceiling that had been classically painted by the French painter Louis Chéron, and the French classical furniture such as the boule cabinets and the trompe L’oei. This type of decoration is not typical of the Tudor period, however it is strongly similar to the 17th century Versailles. Boughton House has many chimneys on the roofs, and each follow the same straight tall design, which is very similar to French classical chimneys whereas Tudor chimneys are a lot more decorated and intricately designed . Although Ralph could have built new chimneys to cover up the Tudor features (Which he was known