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clay, shaped in a wooden pan before firing (hence the name "pan-tiles"). The pantile paving in Tunbridge Wells was replaced with flagstones in 1792.
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A pantile-covered roof is considerably lighter than a flat-tiled equivalent and can be laid to a lower
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is named for the paving tiles installed there in 1699 — one-inch-thick square tiles made from heavy
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in the early 17th century. They are rarely used in western England or western Scotland, except in
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For the Georgian colonnade in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, see
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In Britain, pantiles are found in eastern coastal parts of
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The Pantiles


Crail
Fife
roof tile
clay
pitch
England
Scotland
Norfolk
East Yorkshire
County Durham
Perthshire
Angus
Lothian
Fife
the Netherlands
Bristol
Somerset
Bridgwater
paving
The Pantiles
Royal Tunbridge Wells
wealden


Historic Scotland guide

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