Tiles in House Porches - page 2
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The porch on the left has been enclosed and glazed but you
can still see the stylised plant form and the charming frieze of birds
at the top. |
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These pictures of fishing have been found on more than one
house in Wolverhampton. In one case both panels are on the same side of a
deep porch.
Frank Sharman has stuck his oar in, so here are his
examples, all of which also come from various locations in Wolverhampton:
O.K., so these two are the same. It is quite common
to find that both porches in a semi-detached pair have the same tiles.
But these two were found on opposite sides of town. How wide a range
of designs was actually available? Did a builder tend to stick with
what he thought would sell or he could get cheap? Did the prospective
owner ever get a say in the choice? On the basis of casual empiricism
(i.e. guessing) I would say the lilies in pots are commonest with the fan
design running second.
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Left is a porchway in a terrace of about a dozen
houses, every one of which has these tiles. This must have
been a spec development in which the purchaser got no choice and, no
doubt, the cost was kept down.
The terrace is in a very
respectable area and the houses are of a good size, probably
originally aimed at the lower middle classes or higher artisans. |
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This is a quite different style of porch tile.
The house seems to be about 1890 and is rather grand. This
overall coverage of walls is almost Arabic in style. The tiles
might be much later than the rest of the house. |
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