ROSEMARY Setts may sound like a character from Poirot, but the reality is no less exotic. Otherwise known as Stable Paviours they are colourful double hexagon shaped tiles that once adorned York's back alleys.

Now, more than 300 of these setts are to be fitted to the exterior of the new Centre of Ceramic Art at York Art Gallery.

We think this is an imaginative way to incorporate this unique piece of York's history and forgive us for saying it again, but we really can't wait for the gallery to reopen this summer.