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Pantile

A roofing tile in the shape of an “S” laid on its side and overlapped in courses running up the slope of the roof.
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pantile

pantile
A roofing tile which has the shape of an S laid on its side.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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The old stone-built buildings, with their red pantile roofs and chimney stacks built of small bricks, lent an air of former years to the town
All properties will be of natural stone construction with either slate or pantile roofs.
The two-storey barn has made the finals because of its lightweight internal steel frame structure - a technique normally used on new-build projects - which strengthened the bowed stone walls and supported a new pantile roof.
Mr Smithson says a pounds 10 donation will buy a pantile for the granary's new roof, while pounds 25 will buy a flagstone for the courtyard.
Built to a variety of attractive designs, the homes will have rustic brick walls under grey pantile roofs, UPVC double-glazed windows and LPG gas central heating with concealed tanks.
The pounds 50,000 plan submitted to Scarborough Council, is to build a traditional, pantile roofed two-bedroomed home from the disused loos at a site off Skinner Street for Sally Christmas, of Well Close Square, Whitby.
It has a cast iron range in the living room, red pantile roof and exposed ceiling beams.
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