For the Georgian colonnade in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, see The Pantiles.
Pantiles in a "Spanish" patternPantiles on a roof in Crail, Fife
A pantile is a type of fired roof tile, normally made from clay. It is S-shaped in profile and is single lap, meaning that the end of the tile laps only the course immediately below. Flat tiles normally lap two courses.[1]
A pantile-covered roof is considerably lighter than a flat-tiled equivalent and can be laid to a lower pitch.[2]
Roofing pantiles are not to be confused with the paving tiles also named "pantiles." 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.[citation needed]