Monday, 4 May 2009

Victorian bird tiles, Wood Street

If I've walked past this building on Wood Street, Old Town once, I've walked past a hundred times, usually on my way somewhere else. The once exquisite Victorian wall tiles on each side of one of the shop fronts always catch my eye. The shop is now an estate agent; clumsily painted in red paint. Here are some of the bird tiles:

House-sparrow
Kingfisher
House swallow and flower bowl
Starling

One of the tile panels on each side of a shop on Wood Street in Old Town; each bird tile is different.