Victorian mosaics

Victorian pathways tiled with black and white or multicoloured patterns are often found in combination with York stone or Portland stone steps and thresholds. Although not always possible, we can restore original Victorian tiled paths, more commonly they are too deteriorated and need to be replaced. Tiled hallways are generally in better condition as they have not suffered the weather conditions and we are therefore more usually able to restore them. Click here to see more examples of Victorian mosaics.

Victorian tiled pathway and Yorkstone steps in South West London

Here are some before and after photographs of Victorian mosaic restoration work that we have done. In some smaller restorations the Victorian tiles have been replaced with original tiles from our own stock, but generally we use new reproduction Victorian tiles which are a pretty good match. All the Victorian paths are chemically cleaned which lessens the difference between old and new. Please scroll further down to see examples of new build paths.

Restored Victorian mosaic path with new York stone threshold in South West London. The missing Victorian tiles were replaced with new tiles and the broken edging replaced with new rope top edgings.

Restored Victorian mosaic path and porch with new Yorkstone porch step and threshold in London. Most of the Victorian tiles were loose so they were all lifted, cleaned and reset. The few tiles  that were missing were replaced with original Victorian tiles from our stock and paint cleaned off the original rope top edgings

Victorian path tiles restored marble step risers repolished and a new marble riser fitted to the beginning of the path

Victorian mosaic path restoration with a new York stone door step in South West London

Box and star pattern Victorian mosaic path restoration in South West London. This original path had been tiled over with plain red 6" tiles. These were removed, the badly damaged tiles were replaced and the old adhesive cleaned off. The it was chemically and mechanically cleaned.

Victorian mosaic hallway restoration after a pipe installation in South West London

Victorian mosaic hallway restoration - rebuilding a threshold

Here are some before and after photographs of tiled Victorian paths in combination with York stone steps

Yorkstone steps and threshold with a Victorian tiled path incorporating a manhole

Yorkstone steps and threshold, Victorian mosaic path and porch in London

Yorkstone steps compliment this generous Victorian mosaic path in London

Here are some examples of new build Victorian paths

A pair of new multicoloured mosaic paths, Yorkstone thresholds and kerbs in South West London

Victorian mosaic tiled steps (box and star pattern) in South West London

Victorian mosaic path, box and star pattern in South West London

Victorian tiled path in South West London

Victorian tiles path and porch with new York stone porch step in London

Red herringbone mosaic path and piercaps in South West London

This multicoloured path is a copy of the original pattern, which can still be seen in the porch. Most of the original encaustic tiles (3" buff on red and 2" white on blue) were saved and the replacements were a very close match, as were the rest of the colours. A new York stone porch step was also installed.

Multicoloured Victorian tiled path incorporating encaustic tiles in South West London