Church Tiles of the Nineteenth Century

More than half the churches in Britain are paved at least in part with nineteenth-century decorative encaustic tiles and there are also churches with striking pictorial tile panels. They are often the most notable features of a church, yet they are rarely mentioned in guidebooks. This book describes how they derived from medieval church tiles, how they were made and who designed and manufactured them.

The late Kenneth Beaulah had a life-long interest in decorative tiles, particularly medieva...