Wender·Vista
Leicester
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileUnited Kingdom
in England's East Midlands, on the River Soar

Leicester

— — the king the car park gave back.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
— a note from the studio

“A working city in the English Midlands that handed history back in pieces. The bones of Richard III, lost since Bosworth in 1485, were lifted from a council car park in 2012 and laid in the cathedral three streets over. The Golden Mile carries the scent of cardamom most evenings. Football, curry, kings. Leicester keeps its surprises close.

from the studio
Leicester
— bring it home

Leicester, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
— size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
— weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
— surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
— from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Leicester

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
— the place

Leicester sits on the River Soar in England's East Midlands, the largest city in the region with about 368,000 residents at the 2021 census. The Romans founded Ratae Corieltauvorum on this ground in the first century, and surviving masonry from the second-century public baths still stands beside the Jewry Wall Museum. Leicester Cathedral, the parish church of St Martin's raised to cathedral status in 1927, sits a short walk from the Greyfriars site. The city is one of England's most ethnically diverse, with a long-established South Asian community along Belgrave Road north of the centre.

— the year

In August 2012 archaeologists from the University of Leicester opened a trench in a council car park on the site of the former Greyfriars priory and within hours uncovered a skeleton with a curved spine and battle injuries. DNA analysis confirmed in February 2013 that the remains were those of King Richard III, killed at Bosworth Field on 22 August 1485. He was reinterred at Leicester Cathedral on 26 March 2015 in a service led by the Archbishop of Canterbury, ending a 530-year wait for a marked grave.

— the visit

The King Richard III Visitor Centre stands directly over the original grave, with a glass panel set into the floor above the trench where the bones were found. The cathedral, with its new Swaledale limestone tomb, sits across the road. A ten-minute walk away the Jewry Wall Museum reopened in 2024 around one of the largest standing pieces of Roman masonry in Britain. Belgrave Road, called the Golden Mile, runs north from the centre with sari shops, gold jewellers, and Gujarati restaurants, and draws large public crowds at Diwali each autumn.

— where
United Kingdom · Leicester, Leicestershire, England
— elevation
67 m · 220 ft
— position
52.6369° N · 1.1398° W
— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
21 km W
Bosworth Battlefield
battlefield
10 km NW
Bradgate Park
deer park
40 km E
Rutland Water
reservoir
16 km SE
Kibworth
village
N
Leicester
Bosworth Battlefield
Bradgate Park
Rutland Water
Kibworth
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Leicester — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

Leicester is a city in England's East Midlands, on the River Soar, about 100 miles north of London and 40 miles east of Birmingham. The population is roughly 368,000.

After his death at Bosworth in 1485, Richard III was buried in the Greyfriars priory church. The Reformation demolished the priory and the site eventually became a council car park before excavation in 2012.

King Richard III was reinterred at Leicester Cathedral on 26 March 2015 in a service led by the Archbishop of Canterbury, ending a gap of 530 years between burial and marked grave.

The Golden Mile is the South Asian commercial strip along Belgrave Road north of the city centre, lined with sari shops, gold jewellers, and Gujarati restaurants. Diwali draws large public crowds each autumn.

The Romans founded the settlement around 50 AD as Ratae Corieltauvorum, a tribal capital of the Corieltauvi. The Jewry Wall, surviving from second-century public baths, still stands beside the museum.

— about the piece in your home

It carries well for that. Many of our buyers from the Midlands choose the Small or Medium for someone who grew up around the cathedral, the King Power, or the Golden Mile.

The deep stained-glass palette suits jewel-tone Maximalist rooms, Library-modern studies with dark walnut, and warm-neutral kitchens that want one anchoring piece of colour against painted brick or plaster.

A single Large reads well above a standard sofa. For a wider wall a 4-tile Mural carries the depth of the artwork. A 9-tile Mural is the gallery-wall option above a long console.

Yes. Order the Dura Satin or Matte finish for any room with steam or splashes. The surface resists scratches and the colour stays put; the Glossy finish is best reserved for dry walls.

A microfibre cloth and warm water lift everything off it. No solvents, no abrasives. The colour is inside the surface, not on top, so it will not lift with normal cleaning.

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