Pantile

A pantile is a type of fired roof tile, normally made from clay.

[1] A pantile-covered roof is considerably lighter than a flat-tiled equivalent and can be laid to a lower pitch.

[2] In Britain, pantiles are found in eastern coastal parts of England and Scotland including Norfolk, East Yorkshire, County Durham, Perthshire, Angus, Lothian and Fife, where they were first imported from the Netherlands in the early 17th century.

The Pantiles in Royal Tunbridge Wells is named for the paving tiles installed there in 1699 — one-inch-thick square tiles made from heavy wealden clay, shaped in a wooden pan before firing (hence the name "pan-tiles").

[3] The pantile paving in Tunbridge Wells was replaced with flagstones in 1792.