A decorative pattern of roof tiles, named after the English village of Collyweston, arranged in a distinctive overlapping style.
Named after Collyweston, a village in Northamptonshire, England, famous for its stone quarries and distinctive slate tiles. The term emerged in architectural literature to describe this regional tile style.
Collyweston tiles are so distinctive that architects can date medieval buildings by their roof tiles—this little English village gave its name to an architectural signature that lasted centuries!
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