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TnmntTiles
@tnmnttiles.bsky.social
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An archive of historical design. Discoveries from Scottish tenements & beyond. Originally a Twitter project, est 2015. Now found on Instagram, FB, & here!

Images taken by myself, unless otherwise credited. Happy to share your finds? Give us a tag.
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TnmntTiles @tnmnttiles.bsky.social · 12d
Keeping the darker nights bright, with this months limited edition print.

Click the link below to see all the available TT prints from our friends at @duille.com.
duille.com Duille @duille.com · 16d
New! For November.

Glasgow's glorious Southside stars in this month's Tenement Tiles Special Edition.

Order yours and see the whole range at duille.com/tt
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Checkout the creator Instagram page here: www.instagram.com/artnouveau.h...
tnmnttiles.bsky.social TnmntTiles @tnmnttiles.bsky.social · 11d
A copy of Art Nouveau Squared arrived this morning, and I’ve been pouring over it for the majority of the day.

Great collection of images and information. Interested in a copy? More details here: www.deutscherkunstverlag.de/books/978342...
November 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Checkout the creator Instagram page here: www.instagram.com/artnouveau.h...
tnmnttiles.bsky.social TnmntTiles @tnmnttiles.bsky.social · 11d
A copy of Art Nouveau Squared arrived this morning, and I’ve been pouring over it for the majority of the day.

Great collection of images and information. Interested in a copy? More details here: www.deutscherkunstverlag.de/books/978342...
November 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
tnmnttiles.bsky.social
A copy of Art Nouveau Squared arrived this morning, and I’ve been pouring over it for the majority of the day.

Great collection of images and information. Interested in a copy? More details here: www.deutscherkunstverlag.de/books/978342...
November 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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tnmnttiles.bsky.social
#Glasgow

#WallyClose #Tenement #Tile #Tiles #Traditional #Staircase #Entrance #ceramics #Architecture #Archive #Heritage #HiddenScotland #UrbanEx #Design #vintage #NaturalLight #TileStyle #Window #Scottish #Scotland #Photography #Photo #StainedGlass

Bsky post: 05/11/25
November 5, 2025 at 11:28 AM
tnmnttiles.bsky.social
Keeping the darker nights bright, with this months limited edition print.

Click the link below to see all the available TT prints from our friends at @duille.com.
duille.com Duille @duille.com · 16d
New! For November.

Glasgow's glorious Southside stars in this month's Tenement Tiles Special Edition.

Order yours and see the whole range at duille.com/tt
November 5, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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#Glasgow

#WallyClose #Tenement #Tile #Tiles #Traditional #Staircase #Entrance #ceramics #Architecture #Archive #Heritage #HiddenScotland #UrbanEx #Design #vintage #NaturalLight #TileStyle #Window #Scottish #Scotland #Photography #Photo #StainedGlass

Bsky post: 05/11/25
November 5, 2025 at 11:28 AM
tnmnttiles.bsky.social
#Glasgow

#WallyClose #Tenement #Tile #Tiles #Traditional #Staircase #Entrance #ceramics #Architecture #Archive #Heritage #HiddenScotland #UrbanEx #Design #vintage #NaturalLight #TileStyle #Window #Scottish #Scotland #Photography #Photo #StainedGlass

Bsky post: 23/10/25
October 23, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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sghetorg.bsky.social
Zoom into 2nd pic here... the best & most uniquely idiosyncratic block of #GlasgowStyle #tenements in #Glasgow south side also has a unique ironwork flower or leaf bud atop its bannister base in each tenement. Designed by H.E. Clifford in 1902 in #Pollokshields 💚 #ArtNouveau bsky.app/profile/tnmn...
October 22, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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#Glasgow

#WallyClose #Tenement #Tile #Tiles #Traditional #Staircase #Entrance #ceramics #Architecture #Archive #Heritage #HiddenScotland #UrbanEx #Design #vintage #NaturalLight #TileStyle #Window #Scottish #Scotland #Photography #Photo #Bannister

Bsky post: 21/10/25
October 21, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Burmantofts tiles in Leeds Central Library @tnmnttiles.bsky.social

My grandmother grew up overlooking the kilns at Burmantofts. Long gone now, of course. The kilns and her
October 21, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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duille.com
Beautifully autumnal Glasgow memories.

October's brand new Special Edition from the Tenement Tiles archive.

Order yours and see the whole range at duille.com/tt
October 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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#Glasgow

#WallyClose #Tenement #Tile #Tiles #Traditional #Staircase #Entrance #ceramics #Architecture #Archive #Heritage #HiddenScotland #UrbanEx #Design #vintage #NaturalLight #TileStyle #Window #Scottish #Scotland #Photography #Photo #Bannister

Bsky post: 13/10/25
October 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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alanf.bsky.social
Any architect or interior designer should be following tenament tiles...along with anyone else who takes an interest in what's behind that close door.
tnmnttiles.bsky.social TnmntTiles @tnmnttiles.bsky.social · Mar 10
Since my decision to stop posting to X/Twitter, and restarting here, the project has lost 2k+ followers.

It’s disheartening, but the project is 10yrs old this year, and I hope it’ll be around for 10 more.

To those who have stuck with us, and to those new to the project, thank you.

We can rebuild.
October 2, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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#Glasgow

#WallyClose #Tenement #Tile #Tiles #Traditional #Staircase #Entrance #ceramics #Architecture #Archive #Heritage #HiddenScotland #UrbanEx #Design #vintage #NaturalLight #TileStyle #Window #Scottish #Scotland #Photography #Photo #Bannister

Bsky post: 01/10/25
October 1, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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@tnmnttiles.bsky.social this is in my own building. The rest of the hallway is decrepit and horrible but this part has lovely tile.
A pretty green tile with an orange flower art featured in the middle of it.
September 26, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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jameselliker.bsky.social
Saw this beauty in Cádiz and was reminded of @tnmnttiles.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Trades House , Alchemy exhibition of Scottish Glass Society
September 20, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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#Glasgow

#WallyClose #Tenement #Tiles #Traditional #Staircase #Entrance #ceramics #Architecture #Archive #Heritage #HiddenScotland #UrbanEx #Design #vintage #NaturalLight #TileStyle #Window #Scottish #Scotland #Photography #Photo

Twitter post: 16/04/21
September 6, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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#Glasgow

#WallyClose #Tenement #Tile #Tiles #Traditional #Staircase #Entrance #ceramics #Architecture #Archive #Heritage #HiddenScotland #UrbanEx #Design #vintage #NaturalLight #TileStyle #Window #Scottish #Scotland #Photography #Photo

Bsky post: 25/08/25
August 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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#Glasgow

#WallyClose #Tenement #Tile #Tiles #Traditional #Staircase #Entrance #ceramics #Architecture #Archive #Heritage #HiddenScotland #UrbanEx #Design #vintage #NaturalLight #TileStyle #Window #Scottish #Scotland #Photography #Photo #Bannister

Bsky post: 20/07/25
July 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
tnmnttiles.bsky.social
#Glasgow

#WallyClose #Tenement #Tile #Tiles #Traditional #Staircase #Entrance #ceramics #Architecture #Archive #Heritage #HiddenScotland #UrbanEx #Design #vintage #NaturalLight #TileStyle #Window #Scottish #Scotland #Photography #Photo #StainedGlass

Bsky post: 09/07/25
The image shows the staircase and a stained-glass window within a tenement building, in Glasgows southside. This is an image of a stained glass panel. The panel features a bird in flight and a branch with floral detail.
July 9, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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#Glasgow

#WallyClose #Tenement #Tile #Tiles #Traditional #Staircase #Entrance #ceramics #Architecture #Archive #Heritage #HiddenScotland #UrbanEx #Design #vintage #NaturalLight #TileStyle #Window #Scottish #Scotland #Photography #Photo #StainedGlass

Bsky post: 05/07/25
This image shows a staircase within an older tenement building. There is shoulder height tiling and a wooden banister, with unusual balustrade painted with white paint. View through the 1st landing window, to a leafy green shared back court. Original painted glass remains in the upper third of the window.
July 5, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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votesforoysters.bsky.social
My flat has a very similar painted glass window in the door! Less nice tiles though
Close up of painted glass window of a youth fishing View of door with the window in it. Door is painted blue, bottom half of the close is tiled with a green and white checker pattern at the top of the tiled part
June 25, 2025 at 5:28 AM
tnmnttiles.bsky.social
Today marks 10yrs of our little archive.

Thank you all for being part of our journey.

Below are a collection of the 1st images shared across all of our 4 platforms. I’ve included a little factoid in the description about the projects timeline.
This is a screengrab of our 1st ever content post, from Twitter. It’s dated 15/06/2015. The day our project was created. The images include four detail shots of Wally close walls. After encouraging myself to go on some wellbeing wanders, around my new neighbourhood, I began photographing and sharing images of wally close entrances on my personal page. These images began to gain interest. I decided to give them their own platform and Tnmnttiles was born. Above is a screengrab of our 1st ever Instagram post. It’s dated 17/12/2017. The image is a shot of an angled stairwell, with a fully tiled wall and a round window After discovering that our images were being lifted and shared without credit over Instagram, I decided to establish a page for the project and reclaim our content. The above screen grab shows the 1st selection of images shared under the “southside” album on our FB page. It shows 5 images, with another ‘+6’ available to view. After some lovely press came out about the project, I was asked about starting a FB for those who weren’t on the other platforms. On the 27/01/21 I did just that. Trying to keep the content different across platforms, I would vary posts of new stairwells, with images from the previous 6yrs of archiving. Above is a screengrab from our 1st Bsky post. It shows an entrance landing, with a dark wood door at the end. The walls are tiled, and two the right you can see a section of stair next to a bike wheel and a large cream couch. On the 18/10/23 I decided to move our main platform from Twitter to Bsky, and stop adding to what is now called X. Bsky content is a selection of past images across previous platforms and newly archived spaces.
June 15, 2025 at 8:30 AM