Entrance tiles.
With so many late-victorian and early-edwardian houses in the patch it is not surprising to find quite so many doorway/hallway entrance tiles.
They are all around but often you just don't really notice them. Having lived for a time in Stoke-on-Trent I have a small understanding of just what was involved in both effort, skill and scale in the production of these.
I have captured a small crop here on the theme of green and brown and am now on the hunt for the more flamboyant and colourful... but as a local feature they do look great.
There are others much much more specialised in this field: http://www.derbycity.com/michael/tiles.html
http://www.derbycity.com/michael/aesthet.html
http://www.derbycity.com/michael/gothic.html
The tiles I have shown above of course are glazed wall tiles - I.e. not suitable for floor tiles and there is a whole firing process involved. I had a tour round a factory a few years back that was still doing tile glazing in a traditional way - it was a real education and totally fascinating.
And of course the modern copies are widely available:
http://www.eurocosm.com/Application/Products/Reproduction-Tiles/Victorian-Tiles-GB.asp
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