P is for Pantiles

So, when you think about Loughborough, its Art Deco heritage, and its roofing heritage, you may think of Swithland or Welsh slate, but I’m guessing you’d rarely consider pantiles! Maybe we associate orange pantiles with Lincolnshire, or Whitby (where their design criteria for renovations and new builds actually specifies the use of orange pantiles to match the historic ones), or green pantiles perhaps in seaside towns, but not to be confused with The Pantiles in Tunbridge Wells, which apparently takes its name from floor tiles which were installed in 1699, and replaced in 1792! However, we do have some lovely examples of green pantile roofs on some of our town centre Art Deco buildings!

Of course, sometimes the roofs of buildings are quite difficult to see, and this applies to the Art Deco building on Market Street that houses Akii Express, Party Pieces, and a few other shops. In fact, the best view of that particular roof, with its beautiful green pantiles, is from further away, along Packe Street.

I walk into town as often as I can, so I can keep up with the changes that are happening, but there was one building from the Art Deco period that changed without me realising it was going to, and without me walking along that area for a few weeks, so I even missed the changes as they were happening. The building on Baxter Gate that used to be the Loughborough Monitor / Leicester Mercury offices / shop has one of the most stunning green pantile roofs in Loughborough!

Well, at least it did until relatively recently   

Moving out of the town centre, there is a house, forest-side, which is called Blue Tiles, because, well, because it has a roof made from blue pantiles!

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