Actually, Vanda, today it's so chilly I have a sweater on. Much as I love poking around markets, this one was so uninteresting that this photo was about the only thing worth taking.
Why three different colors of tiles on the roof? Is it the luck of the draw based on what's available? Indifference? Or a waterproof coating on the black ones?
Good question, Speedway. The black glazed pantiles used to be used on the front of house roofs as they were more expensive to produce, the unglazed black and the unglazed red pantiles would be used on cheaper roofs and the backs of larger houses. This is a seventeenth century house. It looks like a lot of the original black glazed tiles were lost when the dormer window, chimneys and parapet gables were built in the nineteenth century and the builder used cheaper tiles to fill the gaps. It happened a lot and kind of adds to the charm.
OK, next - why is the roof done in overlapping convex tiles? I saw a Spanish style home on PBS' This Old House whic had a tile roof with convex tiles as 1st layer, then convex tiles laid in rows covering ridges of ones below? Cultural/climate diffs? I'd send a video but can't find one.
Increasingly, Americans seem to look to a comedy/satire program as their source for reliable news. Sample below.
Hokay, those are "pantiles" (careful not to miss out the "L"), the traditional Dutch and East Anglian clay tile. They're much more weathertight than Spanish style tiles as they interlock to keep out the driving rain we get here.
I used to love The Daily Show (and indeed got a lot of my American news from it) but for some dumb reason the shows don't play outside the States any more; all we get is an on-screen apology. Hey ho.
Interesting perspective, dive, as it appears the house has been "bricked up" all the way to the roof... Then, there are these little aliens peering in... I like the guy with the pink head!
I was also taken by the brooms at the bottom of the photo. The pink one particularly adds a surreal effect. I half expect it to leap up and start daubing the roof.
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Pretty! It looks like there's nice weather in your neck of the woods.
Actually, Vanda, today it's so chilly I have a sweater on.
Much as I love poking around markets, this one was so uninteresting that this photo was about the only thing worth taking.
Why three different colors of tiles on the roof? Is it the luck of the draw based on what's available? Indifference? Or a waterproof coating on the black ones?
Good question, Speedway. The black glazed pantiles used to be used on the front of house roofs as they were more expensive to produce, the unglazed black and the unglazed red pantiles would be used on cheaper roofs and the backs of larger houses. This is a seventeenth century house. It looks like a lot of the original black glazed tiles were lost when the dormer window, chimneys and parapet gables were built in the nineteenth century and the builder used cheaper tiles to fill the gaps. It happened a lot and kind of adds to the charm.
OK, next - why is the roof done in overlapping convex tiles? I saw a Spanish style home on PBS' This Old House whic had a tile roof with convex tiles as 1st layer, then convex tiles laid in rows covering ridges of ones below? Cultural/climate diffs? I'd send a video but can't find one.
Increasingly, Americans seem to look to a comedy/satire program as their source for reliable news. Sample below.
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-july-11-2011/have-no-fear--england-s-here?xrs=share_copy
Hokay, those are "pantiles" (careful not to miss out the "L"), the traditional Dutch and East Anglian clay tile. They're much more weathertight than Spanish style tiles as they interlock to keep out the driving rain we get here.
I used to love The Daily Show (and indeed got a lot of my American news from it) but for some dumb reason the shows don't play outside the States any more; all we get is an on-screen apology. Hey ho.
Wow, Dive - there are a few American sitcoms here the kids are into that I'm wishing we got an on-screen apology for!
While we're looking at rooves, is that a plant growing up there on the top right?
Hee hee, Vic.
And yes, that's what passes for a roof garden around here.
Interesting perspective, dive, as it appears the house has been "bricked up" all the way to the roof... Then, there are these little aliens peering in... I like the guy with the pink head!
Bises,
Genie
Interesting info and history about tile roofs.
I was also taken by the brooms at the bottom of the photo. The pink one particularly adds a surreal effect. I half expect it to leap up and start daubing the roof.
Genie, if my house was being threatened by bristle-headed aliens I'd probably want to brick up the windows, too.
Ms.M, I'm a sucker for an odd juxtaposition and the startling pink brush against the weathered old wall was what made me stop and reach for my camera.
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