Tudor exterior needing replaced

[pashmina696]

I can't see a previous post on this subject, but can't be the only person with rotten tudor boards. My house is 1950s with red brick and tudor board detailing in the large dormer windows and on the gable ends, and whilst it looks pretty, I am considering replacing it with cement weatherboard, which would be black to match the windows and gutters. It really is essential to strip it all off due to leaks, and it would also mean we are free to have plain windows instead of the diamond leaded ones. To replace the tudor would require it all to be re-rendered, painted and detailed using artificial tudor boards (instead of the cheap floor board planks that have been used and why it is in this state...) which would be ££££ to do, whereas the weatherboard will be quicker, cheaper and more straightforward to do - has anyone else done something similar? any regrets?

That look really dates a house, I mean the mockTudor not original Tudor obviously, if your staying put go with the cement Board if you have to replace like for like otherwise I would lose the Tudor look completely if possible and make it look much more modern and up to date

Why would you not want to retain the character of the original design? Regarding the windows anyway. We have double glazed leaded lights.

Regarding the wood, I would definitely consider weatherboard. Looks like wood! We have Millboard.

Thanks - yes I am not that keen on Tudor, but would keep the leaded windows if we retained the Tudor; but if we scrap it I would prefer clear glass, I just dislike the lead!

The lead is much easier to clean in modern windows. It’s the style of the houses isn’t it?

The removal of the Tudor look would really change the appearance of the house, and I think plain glass would work better with the weatherboard, my road had a lot of very different looking houses with probably every type of window style represented - it does seem looking at modernised properties nearby people are moving away from using the leaded lights. My neighbour has weatherboard on their windows and plain glass, and it looks lovely.