A small study on Mathematical Tiles, part 2



Portsmouth

The flank of 127 High St, next to the John Pounds , ragged school site and church. A large unbroken area except for the memorial intrusion
 Mathematical Tiles Portsmouth
As no grout/mortar, all the underlying tile layer can be seen as evidence of mathematical tiles and not weather-struck recessed mortar to brick.
 Mathematical Tiles Portsmouth
An acute angle shot showing the good degree of coplanarity
 Mathematical Tiles Portsmouth
The memorial came after the tiles were laid and before the church appeared presumably
 Mathematical Tiles Portsmouth
Only readable part , ordinary camera positioning, requires a horizontal monopod, letters SACR only. Later better angled pic revealed the words Sacred, John Gibbs,Widow, Husband and the date ....R 1812. Presumably a burial stone dating to an 1812 internment at the earlier church, so these tiles were hung earlier than 1812.
 Mathematical Tiles Portsmouth

New example, found in August 2017. Then 10 doors farther south along the road, 121 High St. Jack House gallery, from the current owner , the building was new build 1963 . She was unaware of the tiles or reason for them. They look like cement roof-tile material, perhaps cement rather than fired clay. Included here as mathematical tile in concept and shape of the rarer Helmingham format and new-build and un-mortared. Rather magnificent lantern of the pub next door also.
 Mathematical Tiles Portsmouth
Showing edge form of Helmingham and a number of lower edges, as alot of slippages evident. Presumably a downside of not having been mortared as well as nailed.
 Mathematical Tiles Portsmouth
A broken tile showing the relative horizontal lines
 Mathematical Tiles Portsmouth
showing part of the edge angles
 Mathematical Tiles Portsmouth

Gosport

Number 2 , High St , Gosport
 Mathematical Tiles , Gosport
No one of the dentitsts' practise there was aware the frontage was tile rather than brick. A lot of damaged tiles lower level presumably from different brass plaques over the centuries. The current ones are fitted to a backboard, presumably covering a terrible mess underneath. Tapping with a knuckle, many have hollow sound and a couple are loose and a rattling noise. The left edge, showing as tiles, including where someone had slid in a plain tile , better than mortar fill anyway
 Mathematical Tiles , Gosport
Right hand edge and some spalled ones. Shows a neat disguise of the upper working faces of the tiles under the window sill, stucco disguised as a sill?
 Mathematical Tiles , Gosport
An exposed lower edge , on the lower section of wall, so easy to view.
 Mathematical Tiles , Gosport
Showing , at low level, the exposed edge of a tile where the pointing material has fallen away.
 Mathematical Tiles , Gosport
Second example at number 41 High St, Gosport, this time modern mathematical tiles and no mortar/grout/pointing.
 Mathematical Tiles , Gosport
Numerous examples showing the exposed lower edge
 Mathematical Tiles , Gosport
Towards the top, a lot of vertical gaps showing the underlying fixing face of the tiles below.
 Mathematical Tiles , Gosport
Under a sill exposed left edge of a tile.
 Mathematical Tiles , Gosport

Haslar Naval Hospital, Haslar Rd
Number 14 MOIC's in the publically available buildings listing, but no reference to mathematical tiles. MOIC presumably Medical Officer in Charge.
 Mathematical Tiles , Gosport
A retired Gosport architect told me I should take a look at Haslar naval hospital for such tiles. I joined a heritage tour of the 92 acres , but saw no examples. A great number of buildings of Georgian architecture, but all except one had the southwest weather faces , where if there were tiles I'd expect to see them, rendered over or an extension built over those faces.
 Mathematical Tiles , Gosport
The one exception was this one where the upper section was rendered over but lower had this odd blue-grey protrusion. The relevant wall is indicated by the > in the pic above. Looks as though it is 300x600mm modern fibre-cement "slates". But as , even overlapped they are barely 10 mm thick, why are they not nailed to the underlaying bricks, so then would be much the same thickness as the upper pebbledash, rather than jutting out well beyond the plane of the rendering.
Haslar Heritage Group
I've not seen the original , or higher resolution version of this pic, taken at an earlier date, presumably when the architect was in practice around Gosport. Balance of probability I would say they are mathematical tiles rather than hanging tiles, certainly not hanging slates, and 4 or so of them look like slipped brick-size tiles. The angled face showing of the lower working face of the tile below, intercepting more of the sun and so brighter than the vertical faces. The colour looks right for tiles compared to the bricks of the front facade. Thin fillet of mortar down the right edge to the front face, consistent with tiling thickness , not brick thickness. The lower edge of the continuation tiles , next to the conservatory, would be very odd for bricks laid like that, jutting out a foot above ground level. So far I've not seen behind the wall showing in the bottom left corner, maybe some of the original tiles remain there uncovered, as not part of the main building. Leadwork under the cills of the windows to the rear of the conservatory also suggest tiles. Perhaps the cement slates fixed with blind fixings to steel bars on a steel frame , to preserve the tiles underneath, then lead work around the edges. Usually, if not constrained by heritage building regs, the failed tiles would be ripped off and then fibre-cement slates fixed straight to the brickwork. Further research required . I don't know if covered over MT counts but 4 examples in Gosport makes it equal ranking in Hampshire, to Basingstoke and Soton, also 4 examples. A view of the same section of wall ,as of 2015,from the public Haslar Rd.
 Mathematical Tiles , Gosport
A curiosity of the hospital , an NHS blue automatic door set in a Georgian door case.
 Haslar NHS , Gosport

Holy Trinity Church, Gosport
 Mathematical Tiles , Gosport
An attendant in the church advised a light tap to the tiles, and every header I tried , in the main areas of "brick" away from corners, sounded hollow on front and rear and both sides. I spent half an hour going round the perimeter of this large church, one way and then around the other way before finding a clue. This fingernail bit of missing mortar under the cross on the rear. Showing top ledge of the fair face and sloping fixing face at the edge.
 Mathematical Tiles , Gosport
Rear elevation
 Mathematical Tiles , Gosport
Then a just observable hint of the sloping side of one next to a brick section.
 Mathematical Tiles , Gosport
And not until viewing the pics of high up on the wall , did I see this lower edge of one. A missing pair of tiles high on the apse section at the rear were inconclusive because of the angle from the ground, so pic not placed here. In the same area , the mess around a lead rainwater spout, were inconclusive, as was a bored circular hole in that section also.
 Mathematical Tiles , Gosport
If you visit this church, try and view the full tree trunk main supports of the roof, through a little viewing door, in the covering and the 300 hundred yearold organ with Handel connections.

King's Somborne

The Old Vicarage, Old Vicarage Lane, King's Somborne, 51°4.653'N,1°29.022'W . Only the rear is supposed to have mathematical tiles. The white appearance to the mortar could indicate proper putty bedding has been used. No sign of MT on the front elevation as full colour match for the brickwork at the reveals and the edges, but , more so in real viewing, in the sunlight there is a bowing to the header end faces , see Chilland below. The only view from public space of the rear
 Mathematical Tiles Kings Somborne
Raking sunlight picking up the "cobble" of the "headers" compared to the flat appearance where they are in tree shade , in lower left
 Mathematical Tiles, cobble bricks
Whole frontage of the very imposing vicarage
 Mathematical Tiles, King's Somborne

 Mathematical Tiles Kings Somborne

Chilland

Mill Cottage, Chilland, near Itchen Abbas, SU 523 326 = 51°5.418', 1°15.165'W , near the mill . No edges seen. Dendate eaves.
 Mathematical Tiles Chilland

Itchen Stoke

Stoke Manor Farmhouse, Itchen Stoke and Ovington 51°5.297'N,1°11.714'W . Set back off the road. The right edge can be seen through shrubbery. A slight indication of tile edges , that did not photograph well.
 Mathematical Tiles Itchen Stoke

New Alresford

43 Broad St 43 Broad St 51°5.485'N,1°9.660'W .
 Mathematical Tiles Alresford
View of a couple of tile edge forms at broken away rendering, along with the fire insurance plate
 Mathematical Tiles Alresford
27 East St, then 25 East St 51°5.375'N,1°9.405'W.
 Mathematical Tiles Alresford
Right edge and a broken tile.
 Mathematical Tiles Alresford
Numerous spalled/broken tiles, opposite where John Arlott lived in latter life, qv the mathematical tiled house where he was born in Basingstoke , like Jane Austen in that sense.
 Mathematical Tiles Alresford
Preferable to rendering and then painting over the whole facade. Hopefully external plaster or weak render , hopefully not underkeyed to the existing whole and part tiles, dyed and scribed to sort of match in.
 Mathematical Tiles Alresford
25 East St, Alresford.
 Mathematical Tiles Alresford
Upper section only, a broken /missing one, and roof tile/hanging tile fudge? .
 Mathematical Tiles Alresford
another problem area under the eaves
 Mathematical Tiles Alresford
Number 26 mathematical tiles?, but numerous "bricks" had these mid-way marks that looked more like part wire cuts than cracks. See Preston Candover, so by associative evidence probability-wise, number 26 must also be mathematical tiles.
 Mathematical Tiles Alresford
About the only signature appears 2018 , some dropped away fillet showing an edge at the ground floor window http://www.diverse.4mg.com/alresford_east20.jpg ,

Bishops Sutton

Bishops Sutton, Newhouse Farmhouse, 51°4.875'N,1°7.761'W White painted, dendate eaves
 Mathematical Tiles Bishops Sutton
A suggestion of tile edge forms under the paint, but does show lack of sync between side brick courses and front tile courses.
 Mathematical Tiles Bishops Sutton

Ropley

51°4.998'N ,1°5.785'W Ropley House. Set well back from the public road, no MT evidence seen
 Mathematical Tiles Ropley
Something odd about the left edge , one brick deep return? , http://www.diverse.4mg.com/ropley_edge.jpg

Hinton Ampner

Manor Farmhouse, Bramdean and Hinton Ampner, 51°2.615'N, 1°8.665'W. Very good appearance.
 Mathematical Tiles Hinton Ampner
Left edge.
 Mathematical Tiles Hinton Ampner
Right edge
 Mathematical Tiles Hinton Ampner
Dentillate form and what I've never seen before and what I'd never expected to see, a tension bar spreader abutting mathematical tiles. Explanation , for those of you wishing to mull it over before reading the explanation, towards the end.
 Mathematical Tiles Hinton Ampner

Preston Candover

South of the garage, Green Garth , Preston Candover , in the heritage records. Reg of the village man and boy , the sexton,post office staff, and the village policeman none of whom had heard of Green Garth. Reg remembered the forge replaced by the garage , now replaced by housing. I'd walked past the front house and seeing bright lichen-free brickwork , I'd dismissed this cottage as not mathematical tiles. Now called Parsely Cottage 51°10.238'N ,1°7.909'W on the B3046 , and the one behind it. The front cottage was rebuilt in 1996 probably with all new tiles.
 Mathematical Tiles Preston Candover
Side view
 Mathematical Tiles Preston Candover
A close up showing at least 12 examples of the same "wire cut" marks apparent in the 26 East st , Alresford example above. As these are at ground level it is obvious they are 2 header tiles adjascent to one another to make a stretcher (snap headers?). Such is the precision of the manufacture that the join is so regular in all 3D aspects that it looks like one tile with an incised line. I did not think to check with a needle in the gap and as continuous colour and form match across each line, on second thoughts they are probably unsnapped snap-cut tiles. Anyone know the maker of these and the Alresford modern examples , someone has re-learnt how to retain the registration via the drying and firing and QC process. Worthy of larger bandwidth portrayal here. My guess would be Keymer Tiles, been making MT for centuries (an old roof tile of theirs is in Fareham Museum, Westbury House)
 Mathematical Tiles Preston Candover
The associated cottage behind, with Parsley cottage to the right. The left edge of the tiled section in the middle.
 Mathematical Tiles Preston Candover
The right edge , angling exposed where the vertical fillet closure plank quoin has lifted and at the window reveals
 Mathematical Tiles Preston Candover

Basingstoke

Yes the concrete jungle, has more examples than Winchester. The gothic-looking Victorian Lodge, built 1856, to the Holy Ghost Chapel cemetary on Chapel Hill. John Arlott's birthplace. 51°16.144'N ,1°6.79'W
 Mathematical Tiles Basingstoke
So many tell-tales of MT. The undersides showing thinness and support strips.
 Mathematical Tiles Basingstoke
edges exposed under missing rendering
 Mathematical Tiles Basingstoke
A corner mathematical tile from underneath. Looking up it seems only that large iron bolt, and localised pressure point, is holding this tile and the ones above it, the perhaps onetime wood underneath having rotted away. What is holding up what is often a conundrum with MT.
 Mathematical Tiles Basingstoke
Goldings , London Rd , Basingstoke has mathematical tiles but only the original entrance on London Road. Even then requires the Basingstoke trail guide saying "By tapping the "bricks" around the former London Road entrance, the mathematical tiles can be identified , as they sound hollow". Which in fact they do, evening-time without the traffic and building occupants, no other indication observed other than maybe a nail holding one in place, just a rusty looking stain in a recess. A slightly greyer shade of yellow for that section
 Mathematical Tiles Basingstoke
Close up and the dentilling.
 Mathematical Tiles Basingstoke
London Street, Basingstoke. The Kebab shop and the Lime Tree in London Street,numbers 25-26 . Neither proprietor knew anything about the tiling. And the estate agent next door was not aware either.
 Mathematical Tiles Basingstoke
Some missing grout/mortar showing the lower edge of a tile.
 Mathematical Tiles Basingstoke
A small chip of paint probably revealing original orange colour. Large areas of what looks like scratched mortar/render under the disguising paint.
 Mathematical Tiles Basingstoke
Went for a pint at the White Hart, London Rd . A couple of steps down from street level, must be an old building. Sat in the beer garden and looked up. The central oldest section of the rear had dentillated eaves and shallow window reveals and on closer inspection the angled traces of tile edges on the window reveals, alongside satellite dish of all things.
 Mathematical Tiles Basingstoke
This example is not in the heritage record as far as I know. The manager couple were intrigued and not aware . Unfortunately not able to view close up as canopy and flower boxes etc.
 Mathematical Tiles Basingstoke
But viewing from the entrance driveway to the counciloffices and so looking across to the pub
 Mathematical Tiles Basingstoke
And the gable end , at the council entrance , because of the significant bowing to some of the "stretchers".
 Mathematical Tiles Basingstoke
7 Winchester Street
In the heritage records as having MT but no definite sign seen. Same terracotta frieze as Goldings and next door and number 1.
 Mathematical Tiles Basingstoke
Very rough "brickwork" but then next door at number 9, even more rough. Also otherwise superfluous leadwork.
 Mathematical Tiles Basingstoke
Number 1 Winchester St, if the White Hart has them then same sign here, the very top parapet , return edge suggests the angled joins of MT, will retake sometime with a tripod camera shot.
 Mathematical Tiles Basingstoke
A betting shop, now joining a kebab shop.
 Mathematical Tiles Basingstoke
A later pic , with scaffold erected , but no one around to ask for permission to climb up and tap some. The only protective nod to the terracotta frieze of the yellow plastic endcaps, no such for the tiles , presumably because no one had told the scaffolders. Red > marking cracked mortar, giving away one of the edge of tile joins.
 Mathematical Tiles Basingstoke

Hoddington House , Upton Grey

On Lee Lane. May 2015, empty and looking somewhat derelict and according to local rumour, to be partly demolished and rebuilt.
 Mathematical Tiles Hoddington
The left section of the rear is all mathematical tile up to the pair of bow topped windows.
A distant view from the path, through the fields, to the rear
 Mathematical Tiles Hoddington
Part of the dereliction. The problem with rubbed and gauged brick arches, they are not self supporting, without iron support hoops, when the mortar fails as they can slide out. Some wind must have caught this one and drove it a bit sideways on the way down, to knock into the tilework , whole brick and broken tiles still laying on the ground. Other such brick arches in a delapidated and danergous state , on other facades.
 Mathematical Tiles Hoddington
Colateral damage, see Havant. So red tiles over red brick, unusual.
 Mathematical Tiles Hoddington
At an upper level, over-exposed view of lower edge of the tile above a broken tile
 Mathematical Tiles Hoddington
I don't remember seeing this solution to the external angle problem. Would have required some work before the days of diamond faced saws and discs.
 Mathematical Tiles Hoddington
The right of this image is the main rear run of tiles , meeting a small return wall of tiles, its internal corner, is simple butted. So tile interlaced and interlocked with tile, so giving a windproof junction. Why not make a feature of these tiles rather than hide these awkward joins, always somewhat unsatisfactorily. Wood rots, render falls off, stucco can come away in slabs, pulling off tiles with it. Not to ground level, spalled bricks not tiles
 Mathematical Tiles Hoddington
There are also tiles on the northern side facade adjascent to the front. Certainly sound hollow to knuckle tap. Pic of an exposed lower edge underexposed and not focused too well so not placed here, a pic instead of the undulating or rippling effect of the tiles at a high level instead.
 Mathematical Tiles Hoddington

South Warnborough, Vine Cottage

So often the case, find one example of mathematical tiles in a road and there is often another example. The other end of Lee Road at Lee Hill , South Warnborough. About all you can see from the road is the mathematical tiles at the upper level, as the cottage is hidden behind a slightly topiarised large box hedge. Note the method used to support modern guttering and the dentillation.
 Mathematical Tiles , South Warnborough
A large section of tiles fell away in the 1990s , not due to wind but to frost, sequence was a lot of rain the previous day, overnight temperature dropped to below freezing and the next morning , when the sun rose , the ice sublimed to vapour explosively. Replacement tiles , for this whole upper section were made at the then Selborne Brick Works, whether the 2015 reincarnation will be making them again, we'll have to see. [ From the Selborne Bricks MD in august 2015 "I see no reason why we would not continue offering mathematical tiles, although they are a minority product as there is a fair bit of labour (=cost) in them." From A.C.Taylor Ewell Symposium booklet, Selborne mathematical tiles in late 70s or early 80s cost 40p each ] Wattle and daub still evident in the loft. Unfortunately the tile face was not waterproof when driving rain came up the valley and had to be silicone treated. The left hand end, from the road.
 Mathematical Tiles , South Warnborough
The right hand end from the road.
 Mathematical Tiles , South Warnborough
With permission from the owner, the edges of the tiles showing at a lower section of original tiles on the rear part of the building that was a wainwright workshop in its history, between downpipe and cables . And hollow sound to knuckle tapping the tiles, compared to nearby bricks.
 Mathematical Tiles , South Warnborough
One way round the window lintle and exposed working faces of these tiles problem, somewhat like the Jane Austen House example.
 Mathematical Tiles , South Warnborough

Canford Magna

Straying into Dorset. The Brook, Canford Magna, Dorset. Just south of the brook under the road, itself just south of the triangle of path containing an enshrubbed seat. Dentillation at eaves.
 Mathematical Tiles Canford Magna
Just the north flank is tiled, part of edge at a piece of missing rendering.
 Mathematical Tiles Canford Magna

 Mathematical Tiles Canford Magna
a broken tile
 Mathematical Tiles Canford Magna

Blandford Forum

Some MT in Blandford Museum
 Mathematical Tiles , Blandford
Bethune ,Bryanston St "A small two-storied building of the late 18th century with a three-bay south front faced with mathematical tiles imitating brickwork in English bond." in the building records. On the private side of the building ,but no more, according to the owner. The MT slid off the wall and are now buried in the garden.
Loose one, gain one?
Waiting at the bus stop in East st I looked up at number 73, right architecture and period , AFAIK, not in the buildings register as far as having MT. The phantom core sampler has been active in Dorset as well as Wilts and Hants , but not Berks yet. The Age UK shop building was originally built by the notorious local Bastard brothers.
 Mathematical Tiles , Blandford

 Mathematical Tiles , Blandford
One of the core sampled holes viewed, straight on, from the top deck of a bus, unfortunately with engine running, but showing a complete white ring.
 Mathematical Tiles , Blandford
24 East St, Blandford, the Artisan House
 Mathematical Tiles , Blandford
Plenty of edges to be seen
 Mathematical Tiles , Blandford
Blue plaque recording the fact about MT
 Mathematical Tiles , Blandford
The phantom core sampler, showing white layer cut through.
 Mathematical Tiles , Blandford
Salisbury St, Blandford
2 properties in Salisbury St,6 and 8, the leftmost number 8 , perhaps worse state than Lugley St, Newport.
 Mathematical Tiles , Blandford

 Mathematical Tiles , Blandford
Recent replacements, modern lack of coplanity and note the boxy cross section, not the usual "tick" cross section
 Mathematical Tiles , Blandford

 Mathematical Tiles , Blandford


Isle of Wight

Newtown
Newtown Town Hall ,50°42.754'N ,1°23.996'W.
 Mathematical Tiles, IoW, Newtown
The exposed edges on the right.
 Mathematical Tiles, IoW, Newtown
Exposed underside at a missing tile
 Mathematical Tiles, IoW, Newtown
Official vandalism, why could they not remove a brick at the other end for a donation box
 Mathematical Tiles, IoW, Newtown

Freshwater
Farringford Hotel, Bedbury Lane, 50°40.431'N ,1°31.353'W Tennyson House. The original MT in a bad way, some MT edges marked E and a bulging section marked B
 Mathematical Tiles, IoW, Freshwater
2016 , after an extensive renovation , including new MT on these upper level. No indication seen of MT these days. The only secondary evidence being the extenside , force spreading, lead escutcheons holding downpipes to the wall, and otherwise superflous leadwork above the downpipe hoppers , presumably going up behind the tiles.
 Mathematical Tiles, IoW, Freshwater

 Mathematical Tiles, IoW, Freshwater

 Mathematical Tiles, IoW, Freshwater
Compare with brickwork proper on the rest of the building, normal iron clamps and fixings for the downpipes and no lead covering the brick course above the hopper openings.
 Mathematical Tiles, IoW, Freshwater

Only slight chance this house has MT, just in cse , placed here. White Cottage, Hill Lane, Freswater, adjascent to the church.
 Mathematical Tiles, IoW, Freshwater
Just the one hint, may or may not be the angled right edge of a MT showing on the return down the side of the house, not enough length or contrast with the mortat to be sure.
 Mathematical Tiles, IoW, Freshwater

Nunwell House, Brading
Nunwell House ,Brading , 50°40.993'N ,1°9.446'W. The side wall with tiling and dentilated eave.
 Mathematical Tiles, IoW, Nunwell
You can just make out the black areas to the rear of the lower edges of the fronts of some of the upper tiles
 Mathematical Tiles, IoW, Nunwell

 Mathematical Tiles, IoW, Nunwell
So successful was the deceipt here that the house's building surveyor owner and occupier, Cecil Aspinall-Oglander, a hundred years ago, was totally unaware of them on his own house until electricity supply was installed in 1925.
Newchurch
Wacklands, Longlands Lane, Newchurch, Isle of Wight , 50°39.689'N ,1°12.993'W . Too far from the public road to make out anything.
 Mathematical Tiles, IoW, Newchurch

Cowes, IoW
Tipped off by a local builder, I'd previously passed this example , but so complete is the deceipt that I'd missed the small clues that are there. Union House, Union Rd directly opposite Church Rd.
 Mathematical Tiles Cowes
The main clue is the audible one, the most conclusive visual clue requires very precise alignment of camera in zoom , on a tripod. I'll try again , the exposure here only just shows the edge of the near vertical working face of one of the tiles, between the red Vs.
 Mathematical Tiles Cowes
The edge of the top ledge of a fair face
 Mathematical Tiles Cowes
The under edge of a "header" exposed at some flashing, along with the awkward joining of tiles between the 2 properties. There is a very slight tonal difference to the tiles of the 2 frontages
 Mathematical Tiles Cowes
And another just exposed lower edge, again at the juncture of the 2 properties
 Mathematical Tiles Cowes
A mortar fudge under a window
 Mathematical Tiles Cowes
The rear view, no sign of mathematical tiles seen.
 Mathematical Tiles Cowes

Modern brown maths tiles on the very work-a-day Corries Cabin fish and chip shop, Cowes , Shooters Hill. The "shop-girl" there since 1983 was not aware of the tiles, no one had mentioned them before, and no change with them in that time.
 Mathematical Tiles Cowes
Exposed edges at the window
 Mathematical Tiles Cowes
Hanging tiles to the side and fudged corner covering
 Mathematical Tiles Cowes

Townsend House, Watchtower Lane, Cowes
A local Cowes resident told me that when a relative of his had lived at this house "what looked like bricks were not bricks". I'd closely looked at this house previously and seen no clues as to being tiles.
 Mathematical Tiles Cowes, Townsend House
A close look at the rear , over the wall of the lane, a black line of the inner edge of the lower face of a tile, if you get the camera angle just right.
 Mathematical Tiles Cowes, Townsend House
If Ivy House 1762, 18 Sun Hill , Cowes has mathematical tiles then it is probably the 3 high string courses of yellow, cut down? or the curved bays . Tensioning bars cannnot bear against tiles, lead strip over the top of the string, and mess at the right hand corner. Shallow window reveals though. Unless it is MT specified for a new-build cottage in the garden grounds.
 Mathematical Tiles Cowes

Internet reference to rear of 8 Cliff Rd, Cowes maybe having modern MT, nothing seen due to gated communities and high hedges.

9 Medina Rd, Cowes
Is there anything hiding under this protruding modern hanging tile weather-face other than perhaps thermal insulation. ? Georgian building, Captains House, see Haslar for similar situation.
 Mathematical Tiles Cowes

Wootton Bridge
The Sloop Inn at Wootton Bridge, originally the house of the Wootton tidemill miller, stretcher bond in the MT section.
 Mathematical Tiles , Wootton
Quite noticable at night , with oblique lighting from the eaves fixed floodlights. The bowed form of mathematical tiles, but not enough to show under edges , especially with all the painting over. And in itself not a reliable signature of them being stretcher tiles, although I've never seen bricks bowed in that sense, bowed lengthwise but over the narrow dimension yes, not over the middle dimension, good over the apparent narrow dimension (if brick) that MT often exhibit.
 Mathematical Tiles , Wootton
A miller would be able to afford first grade bricks, not such second grade , if they were bricks.
 Mathematical Tiles , Wootton
May or not be a hint of an edge splope near a downpipe, but with all the paint filling mortar lines , who knows. I asked permission of the management and tapped with my acoustically damped gavel and noticeably hollow sound and also the clip-clop signature sounding of tapping a lower part then an upper part of a few "bricks".
Arreton
Haseley Manor, Heaseley Lane , Arreton next to the cricket ground, 50°40.072'N ,1°13.535'W. A most unusual example, a brick roof.
 Mathematical Tiles, IoW, Arreton
Again rather distant from the public road.
 Mathematical Tiles, IoW, Arreton

Ryde
The onetime Prince of Wales 174, High St Ryde IoW. Notice the return face, high up, two "stretchers" of tile then brick?
 Mathematical Tiles, IoW, Ryde
A view of the left edges of the tiles
 Mathematical Tiles, IoW, Ryde
The confusing top right section, interleaving corner
 Mathematical Tiles, IoW, Ryde

Carisbrooke
On the High St, number one Castle St. The section to the rear of the shown section is probably brick. A large patch rendered , miscoloured and bucket-handled.
 Mathematical Tiles, IoW, Carisbrooke
Perhaps not the section to the left although one "brick" low down is tile probably. The section running to the street corner is all tile.
 Mathematical Tiles, IoW, Carisbrooke
Some exposed underside edges of 3 tiles on the Castle St elevation
 Mathematical Tiles, IoW, Carisbrooke
On the High St side , the recess for the down pipe showing some left edges of mathematical tiles, in the narrow space somewhat full of moss, cobweb and street grime, but visible to the eye if not too well to camera, even using flash.
 Mathematical Tiles, IoW, Carisbrooke
Near the front door , slipped slates showing a side edge.
 Mathematical Tiles, IoW, Carisbrooke
Incidently there is a property farther along the High St with "white" brick that shows what I thought was chromium yellow efflourescense, that I've seen on a church in West St Fareham and somewhere else that I forget where. Instead of whatever chromium salt that gives that almost flourescent yellow with a slight hint of green, I think it is a type of lichen, as you can view it close up here. Must be attracted to something that was in the clay of these yellow bricks. Picture taken of such lichen infestation, on bricks , probably near enough where they were made, houses in the road from Exbury in the Langley direction
 Yellow brick lichen

Newport , IOW
16 Lugley St , Newport (not 16 Longley st , WWW mistranscribed reference) with blue plaque and 2 neighbouring houses
 Mathematical Tiles, IoW, Newport
The lower edge at the right edge of one tile and crack wedge-line in another
 Mathematical Tiles, IoW, Newport
Higher up at the same corner, more obvious wedge-lines
 Mathematical Tiles, IoW, Newport
Characteristic wonkey "brickwork" of mathematical tiles, disguised a bit by later painting
 Mathematical Tiles, IoW, Newport
The parlous state of next door, absolutely no trouble confirming the front is MT. But it does give the opportunity to see, in situ, the battening method of fixing MT
 Mathematical Tiles, IoW, Newport
2018 the owner let me view the featured panel behind the front door showing the original wattle and daub internal wall, similar to the Salisbury externally viewable example. No idea where the replacement salvaged mathematical tiles came from, here or elsewhere.
 Mathematical Tiles, IoW, Newport
Some detail at a window reveal.
 Mathematical Tiles, IoW, Newport
Lugley House, farther along the street maybe had MT on its west face once, but now hanging tiles.
The onetime Post Office, 99 High St, Newport, now Prezzo, no one inside was aware of these tiles on the side wall. Another discovery, not in the heritage building record as MT, by looking out from the top deck of a double-decker bus.
 Mathematical Tiles, IoW, Newport
These MT keyed into the underlying brickwork better than the unsafe looking skin of bricks below them
 Mathematical Tiles, IoW, Newport

 Mathematical Tiles, IoW, Newport
Very high up on the same corner, full MT edges showing, about the top deck level of a double decker bus.
 Mathematical Tiles, IoW, Newport

A possible sighting, 120- 122 High St, Newport. The architecture looks right but nothing certain about the MT clues
 Mathematical Tiles, IoW, Newport
A lower edge showing of something that is not a brick, but could be painted wood. Also an internet reference to Boots 124-126 High St having MT
 Mathematical Tiles, IoW, Newport
Certainly wonky curved "bricks", not enough curvature and mispositioning to show lower edges, but who would accept such low quality brickwork on a prominent High St building?
 Mathematical Tiles, IoW, Newport
In the records , that Boots 124-126 High St, Newport has MT, no evidence seen but bays on right are of the time
 Mathematical Tiles, IoW, Newport


Ower

Cheney's Farmhouse, Romsey Rd, Ower, 51°56.997'N, 1°32.078'W
 Mathematical Tiles, Ower
The farmer owner said the upper section here , rendered over and incised with "mortar " lines, was after a landmine , dropped in the war, demolished a nearby house and sucked the tiles off that section. The tiles overlay bricks , not wood in any form. A massive wood beam runs the length of the house. He told me that one of the gate lodges to nearby Paultons Park, had MT but was demolished in recent times.
 Mathematical Tiles, Ower
Tile edges showing at a window reveal.
 Mathematical Tiles, Ower

Eling

The Old Rectory , Eling Hill, Eling , 50°54'31.34N, 1°28'38.25W
Seaward side
 Mathematical Tiles, Eling


 Mathematical Tiles, Eling
Lower edge exposed over a door
 Mathematical Tiles, Eling
View of the front from the churchyard
 Mathematical Tiles, Eling
There are MT on all elevations, honey coloured tiles overlaying brick. About 20mm of lime mortar between bricks and the tiles. The central nail hole, so laying under the join line, of the overlaying tiles, giving easy passage of rainwater, was probably the reason for failures. The mess around services pipework
 Mathematical Tiles, Eling

Marchwood

Marchwood Green Farmhouse, Main Rd, Marchwood, 50 yards from the level crossing, 50°53.357'N, 001°27.218'W.
 Mathematical Tiles, Marchwood
Right hand edge of front .
 Mathematical Tiles, Marchwood
Part of the right edge , just about showing the angled edges , under the rendering
 Mathematical Tiles, Marchwood
Just showing edge at an upstairs window
 Mathematical Tiles, Marchwood

Breamore

Breamore, Upper Street, The Rookery 50°57.882'N, 1°47.213'W
 Mathematical Tiles, Breamore
The only indicator a chipped all round tile to the right here
 Mathematical Tiles, Breamore

Upper Clatford

Only probable one, the Manor House, Redrice Rd, Upper Clatford. Right sort of building, dentillation at eaves, 51°11.519'N, 1°29.750'W
 Mathematical Tiles, Upper Clatford
But is this a broken brick or a sloping rear of a tile at the end of the door pediment dentillation ? I don't see how a tile can slip away and leave the mortar run under the lower edge, so no evidence of tiles. Unfortunately some way from the public environment for picture taking
 Mathematical Tiles, Upper Clatford

Salisbury

Over the border , so reduced bandwidth here and triplets , but plenty of choice, 57 examples in Salisbury. Incidently the new home of Coade Stone production. 15 Oatmeal Row, or Minster St , MT on both faces of the building
 Mathematical Tiles, Salisbury
38 Silver St, lead under a lintel and underside of a tile can be seen at the canopy recess
 Mathematical Tiles, Salisbury
46 Silver St, above the cutway to St Thomas Square (2 St Thomas Square ?) complete with tudor bricks on edge in the pavement. Showing a lower edge
 Mathematical Tiles, Salisbury
48 Silver St, with slipped area
 Mathematical Tiles, Salisbury
57,58, 59 Silver St (Reeve bakers is 61) no obvious signs, just otherwise superfluous vertical metal edging .
 Mathematical Tiles, Salisbury
34 and 35 Blue Boar Row, neither occupier was aware of any mathematical tiling. No signatures of tiling under the paint espied.
 Mathematical Tiles, Salisbury
But go into Bill's restaurante yard and the rear MT next door are obvious. Lower edges showing of jettied level and a slipped one lower down.
 Mathematical Tiles, Salisbury
52 Endless St, under scaffolding in 2016, no signatues seen but there was a hollow knuckle tap
 Mathematical Tiles, Salisbury
July 2016 exposed again. With large screw eyes safely fixed through the tiles, for anchoring scaffolding to, no cracked tiles seen.
 Mathematical Tiles, Salisbury
Thanks to the phantom core sampler again, at the extreme right of the building, white ring of lime putty or lime mortar, otherwise no signature of MT seen
 Mathematical Tiles, Salisbury
In comparison to similar holes and scaffold anchors on the otherwise matching house next door, no tell-tale white crescent, built of brick.
 Mathematical Tiles, Salisbury
Presumably the original holes bored through in the wrong place relative to internal structural snchoring points and they had to repeat in a line 3 courses higher. So the phantom core sampler has not hit Wiltshire yet, of 2016.
Minster St. Exposed lower edge of MT on top section and edge view of the middle MT section.
 Mathematical Tiles, Salisbury
Also , 11 Minster St, Bath Travel,is the top sections mathematical tiling? Seeing from a passing bus, I thought this missing one was a tile but looking at the pic it seems more a broken brick and the exposed edges , next to the hanging tiles seems too thick. Also the string course is probably brick rather than stucco (compare with 49 Bugle st Southampton )
 Mathematical Tiles, Salisbury
In the records as MT, but could not determine which of these was 15 Minster st. Both show disjunctures with neighbouring properties. Subway is 12, RBS 14 so probably the left image.
 Mathematical Tiles, Salisbury
In the records as 28 and 28A , Cheese Market which seems to be absorbed into Market Place these days, but may well be wrong address but MT on one wall. Or 2 St Thomas's Square. Anyway at the pedestrian passage to St Thomas church, the estate agent occupier unaware of MT, probably 28a Market Place. Lower edge of MT exposed.
 Mathematical Tiles, Salisbury
28 Market Place, the cookware shop. The swinging sign had swung into the wall, if brick it would have been ok, but not for MT, looks like boarding as backing material. A left edge showing in central pane and lower edge in third pane.
 Mathematical Tiles, Salisbury
64 High St at the Close Gate. Bulging sections and missing string over a top window and dentillation.
 Mathematical Tiles, Salisbury
July 2016, what happens to bulging MT, on the way to looking like the mess that is in Salisbury St, Blandford Forum.
56 and 58 High St, showing unkeyed "brickwork" over jetty and a hint of MT edging under paint along with vertical metal corner piece to 58.
 Mathematical Tiles, Salisbury
108 Exeter St, only the vertical corner boarding to the over-jetting MT as a clue
 Mathematical Tiles, Salisbury
82,84 Crane St, you don't expect to see MT on a Pound Shop. A slipped tile and the internal angle showing where something has gone out of alignment at a window reveal.
 Mathematical Tiles, Salisbury
33 The Close, part of the cathedral admin, in the records as MT but no signature seen
 Mathematical Tiles, Salisbury
But then my walk and talk on MT,20 people, around the centre of Salisbury 11 Sep 2016. I'd told them what to look out for and perhaps with all these extra eyes , peering around 33 North Walk/The Close. One of the throng, looked up and saw this signature.
 Mathematical Tiles, Salisbury
Because of the height and camera angle, there is foreshortening of the profile of the tiles. Builders had recently been in there and must have dislodged a piece of stucco moulding on an upper storey window, east face at the corner with the wall along North Walk. Ts is the dividing line between MT and Us is part of the working face rear of the underlying tile. Also the leading edge nose showing on the lowest tile in that pic view. It did not look as though anyone was inside and anyway any tile-testing noise would have been masked by the noisey bands in the precincts of the cathedral. So first successful try out of my acoustic damped gavel MT tester under paint. Loads of layers of paint over tiles in the corner of the east and north faces at the top of the street wall height. Of 6 tiles sounded , the characteristic clip-clop of 5 , witnessed by the tour group and one that didn't. Perhaps the "failure" one was over a mortar patch, from perhaps gale damage and reason for painting over the whole lot. So whatever number about 60 of MT in Salisbury , one more confirmed, on a prestigious site.
20 The Close on the west face
 Mathematical Tiles, Salisbury

 Mathematical Tiles, Salisbury
North Walk, on the sides ,a slipped one with front edge showing under, with lead behind and showing behind a down-pipe
 Mathematical Tiles, Salisbury
Maybe at a couple of places on the rear of Bishop's Wordsworth School, 11 The Close,North Walk
 Mathematical Tiles, Salisbury
4 St Annes Street, a MT angled edge, some lower edges and some rough "brickwork".
 Mathematical Tiles, Salisbury
6 St Anne's St. Just as well the phantom core sampler has been up to his wicked ways, as otherwise there is no sign that this face is MT. The distinct band of underlying mortar showing in the hole.
 Mathematical Tiles, Salisbury
36 to 38 St Annes Street. Missing tiles and corner detail. From a Salisbury archaeologist, the colour and texture of these grey tiles is that of Fisherton Brick works, the natural implication is that they also made mathematical tiles. So joining Pritchett of IoW as only known makers of mathematical tiles, in historical times.
 Mathematical Tiles, Salisbury
26,27,28 St Anne's St with left edge and underside of upper tiles at the right , on the corner with The Friary
 Mathematical Tiles, Salisbury
Then into the Friary and odd little cell, unsure of its address. With a tile edge hiding behind pigeon defence.
 Mathematical Tiles, Salisbury
Goldsmiths, New Canal side of the building, otherwise perhaps 33 Butcher Row.
De Vaux Lodge, 8?, St Nicholas Road, luckily bulge , over timber horizontal frame, just shows the angled edge of a couple of MT.
 Mathematical Tiles, Salisbury

 Mathematical Tiles, Salisbury
13 Milford St, right hand edge showing below the batten and a missing section with a dangling broken tile
 Mathematical Tiles, Salisbury
31 Milford St (? between 21 and 35) , lower edges showing
 Mathematical Tiles, Salisbury
59 Milford St, hairdressers, from the owner the front was retiled about 1980. Left edges fully exposed, right just the lowest and some at the top
 Mathematical Tiles, Salisbury
At the top of Milford hill , at the 5-way junction, Milford Hill Cottage, with cream colour MT on three faces. Under edges showing near the front door and fourth image close up of the rear showing under edges and the wood? core to support the lead of the corner finishers. Architecture a bit like the Basingstoke Holy Ghost cemetary gate house.
 Mathematical Tiles, Salisbury
Some work-a-day examples , 45 Manor Rd, and 26 plus detail and 31 plus detail ,North Walk the Close.
 Mathematical Tiles, Salisbury
Queen St renovation (number 15 is Well Natural). With top left showing edges and a section of the presumably original tiles placed at the top and then the right edging.
 Mathematical Tiles, Salisbury
Cotswold shop, 9 Queen St, showing wonky "brickwork " and then third pane unkeyed "brickwork" of jettied protrusion of number 4? the only indication of MT on there.
 Mathematical Tiles, Salisbury
10,12,14 Catherine St, including a GRP carbunkle
 Mathematical Tiles, Salisbury
13 Catherine St, evidence above hopper and edges behind a downpipe
 Mathematical Tiles, Salisbury
17-19 Catherine St with left hand edge showing tiling and a lower edge view of tiling at a reveal
 Mathematical Tiles, Salisbury
12 Catherine St, showing a broken tile
 Mathematical Tiles, Salisbury
14 Catherine St, with a broken tile
 Mathematical Tiles, Salisbury
26 ,28 Catherine st
 Mathematical Tiles, Salisbury
30 Catherine St, left edge exposed and a slipped tile
 Mathematical Tiles, Salisbury
50 Catherine st, unkeyed "brickwork" over jettying and non-plainarity
 Mathematical Tiles, Salisbury
Cloisters, corner of 78 Catherine St. Not at all obvious clues. Lower edge of one exposed at corner (red arrow) and the sawtooth edge profile , but under black paint, appropriate for a pub seemingly hung upside down, on the other facade (red arrow), both clues are high up.
 Mathematical Tiles, Salisbury

 Mathematical Tiles, Salisbury

47 Winchester St with some left edging exposed and some edging at the extreme right
 Mathematical Tiles, Salisbury
12,14 and 18 Toone's Court , Scot's Lane , not found , demolished and built over ?
Most unusually , otherwise Brighton some examples of black glaze, black mirror , mathematical tiles in 2 sections of the Salisbury Guildhall. (The interior walls coincident with those MT recesses is mirror proper, reflecting the great and the good, the exterior reflecting the great unwashed perhaps. No known reason for them, from talking to the building custodian) The first shows the mirror effect, a reflection of the right section of brick surround ,showing as the lighter part of this image, and a broken piece of one tile lower middle, showing the red core colour.
 Mathematical Tiles , Salisbury Guildhall
A missing tile showing the grey underglaze on the fixing face and the black glaze, at least one of the fixing holes and the lower leading edge of the one 2 tiles above, and bits of base colour showing in places.
 Mathematical Tiles , Salisbury Guildhall
With less direct lighting a different visual effect , a random assortment of grey tones, for a pleasant effect.
 Mathematical Tiles , Salisbury Guildhall

6 Park lane at Victoria Park, Salisbury, ground storey. More obvious as MT, to the rear of the property, third pane of the east side face
 Mathematical Tiles, Salisbury
List of confirmed and suspected mathematical tile sites in Salisbury (may include duplicates from adresses in 2 adjacent streets for some examples .
15 Oatmeal Row; 9,34,35,37,38,40,46,48,57,58,59 Silver St; 52 Endless St; 11 & 15 Minster St; 28 and 28A Market Place; 2 St Thomas's Square; 56,58, 64 High St; 82,84 Crane St; 11,16,20,26,30,31, 33 , Bishop's Palace & South Canonry, The Close/ North Walk; 4,6,22 to 26,27,28,36 to 38, St Annes Street; The Friary (road); 108 Exeter St; 33 Butcher Row; De Vaux Lodge, 8? St Nicholas Road; 13,31,59 Milford St and Milford Hill Cottage; 45 Manor Rd; 34/35/"Bill's"? Blue Boar Row; 4/5?,9 & Cross Keys entrance,Queen St; 10,12,13,14,17,19,26,27,28,29,30,38,50,78 Catherine St; 47 Winchester St; Salisbury Guildhall; 6 Park lane ;
Riversfield, Lower Road, Bemerton. Next to St Andrews church. Luckily the owner was cutting the grass and let me photo the oriel to the north and rear of the building, otherwise "Southampton" white brick. The tiles are flat headers, to allow the curve and lack weight as no available support underneath. Lower edges exposed near the top .
 Mathematical Tiles, Salisbury

MT supposed to be on South Canonry and Bishop's Palace, the Close but as on the riverside and no canoe available, will have to wait for an open day , if ever. 38 The Close, no MT seen there. MT supposed to be on the Lodge at Tunnel Hill , Alderbury, opposite St Mary's church but probably on the south , private side of the building.
With acknowledgement to Gerald Steer and his paper Mathematical Tiles in Salisbury, for some examples I was not aware of.
Downton, Wilts
14 high St, Downton. "Mathematical tiles to front in 'header bond' " in the buildings records, but I found no clues to that. Other than "iffy" coplanity under the paint, and knuckle tapping a couple of lower bricks , sounded just like brick. The bay window looked spot on architecturally, not the roof light though. No side clues and rear is brick.
 Mathematical Tiles , Downton
On much firmer ground, Burbage , Wiltshire. Lothlorien 113 and Mint Cottage 115 High St, Burbage a few houses up from the White Hart. Unmistakable orange of tiles above brick, the tiles it what you see from the road. Lower edge line on full view and some in an area of slippage.
 Mathematical Tiles , Burbage
Also Marlborough High St, next to Neates Yard, 121 High St. Although Marlborough is more for aficianados of geometrical tiles as on the main face of scallops on this shop and of next door. How many tiles is that one nail holding up, that is showing MT edge angle and is the plastic down pipe all that is stopping a cascade of bulging tiles on to a main street?
 Mathematical Tiles ,Marlborough
and Rose Tree Silverless St, next to number 8, Marlborough. MT edge angle showing on the opened up left hand vertical corner joint and the working face of a tile showing behind a tile above a bay
 Mathematical Tiles , Marlborough
There may also be another example in Marlborough, unknown address (implied in references section of a Sarum Chronicle article of about 2004. Berkshire, Hungerford

14 High St , Hungerford Co-op , much the same distance other side of the railway bridge. There is a www image on a Hungerford heritage site showing this frontage, as the Co-op, before the upper section of dilapidated-looking tiling was replaced, leaving some older examples in place it seems. The lower , older section, may not be that old , it looks as though a second rough "glazing" firing for redder and coarser finish over smoother pinkier terracotta, has been flaking off.
 Mathematical Tiles , Hungerford
24 high st, Hungerford. Hungerford Bookshop opposite Park St . Some quite exagerated bowing in evidence , of some presumably fairly recent tiling. Jettied building to the rear of this Victorian? frontage
 Mathematical Tiles , Hungerford



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