Up on the Roof: The Role of Equestrian Ridge Tiles as Historical Narrative and Architectural Embellishment, first ed 2017; second ed. 2018, by Debra Sloan; Research and Insights by Peter Smith

Up On the Roof explores traditional equestrian clay ridge tiles that from the Middle Ages adorned rooflines in Britain and Europe. The practice died out by the early 1800s, and now those last and rare remnants are found mainly in West Country museums. Up on the Roof recounts how Bernard Leach and fellow members of the Old Cornwall Society revived the tradition in the 1920s. Over the last decades memories faded once again, until, in 2014, the Leach Pottery instigated research and response. These tiles reveal a role for art in the public realm to instill interaction and engagement.