Pantiled roofs and
cobbled walls of Norfolk FLINT deposits being so extensive in Norfolk, it is
not surprising that the use of this material should have strongly affected the local style of Architecture from the earliest times.
For the most part the walls were built of flint in the cobble state; sometimes the flint was rough dressed and coursed in chequer or in criss-cross pattern as shown over the porch in the illustration. For better bonding, brick was used for the quoins, doors and window openings — quarried stone not being generally available.
Pantiles are, however, the hall-mark of a Norfolk house, and in old examples the tiles were usually laid dry without mortar torching of any kind. The use and method of laying demanded a steep pitched roof, which in turn produced the gable parapet, so that the boisterous winds of this exposed county should not dislodge the tiles or allow water to enter at the verges.
Norfolk roofs are very colourful and include varying shades of blue and brown. Illustrated above is a typical example of a farm or manor house of Norfolk, showing the characteristic local use of the materials.
In recent years there has been a considerable revival of the old local style, and many fine modern examples are now to be seen throughout the county.
Architects, Merchants and Builders interested in Pantiles and other hand-made tiles are invited to write for 1931 Catalogue containing many interesting coloured reproductions.
Local Styles of English Architecture. Number Two.
WHEATLY & Co Tile Makers by the Plastic Process since 1870
SPRINGFIELD TILERIES NEWCASTLE STAFFS
Telephone: Newcastle, Staffs 6251 & 6252.
The one and only North Staffordshire Pantile. Catalogue
No. 324.
REGISTERED TRADE MARK BCM/TRITON
cobbled walls of Norfolk FLINT deposits being so extensive in Norfolk, it is
not surprising that the use of this material should have strongly affected the local style of Architecture from the earliest times.
For the most part the walls were built of flint in the cobble state; sometimes the flint was rough dressed and coursed in chequer or in criss-cross pattern as shown over the porch in the illustration. For better bonding, brick was used for the quoins, doors and window openings — quarried stone not being generally available.
Pantiles are, however, the hall-mark of a Norfolk house, and in old examples the tiles were usually laid dry without mortar torching of any kind. The use and method of laying demanded a steep pitched roof, which in turn produced the gable parapet, so that the boisterous winds of this exposed county should not dislodge the tiles or allow water to enter at the verges.
Norfolk roofs are very colourful and include varying shades of blue and brown. Illustrated above is a typical example of a farm or manor house of Norfolk, showing the characteristic local use of the materials.
In recent years there has been a considerable revival of the old local style, and many fine modern examples are now to be seen throughout the county.
Architects, Merchants and Builders interested in Pantiles and other hand-made tiles are invited to write for 1931 Catalogue containing many interesting coloured reproductions.
Local Styles of English Architecture. Number Two.
WHEATLY & Co Tile Makers by the Plastic Process since 1870
SPRINGFIELD TILERIES NEWCASTLE STAFFS
Telephone: Newcastle, Staffs 6251 & 6252.
The one and only North Staffordshire Pantile. Catalogue
No. 324.
REGISTERED TRADE MARK BCM/TRITON