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Make it yourself, or enough to define a pattern.
This is 300 X 600 pixels. The grout lines are made on a separate layer
The grout lines are made on a separate layer with blend mode set to Dissolve, which produces the rough edges'
Double click to open Layer Styles, and set Fill Opacity to zero. This makes just the effects show but not the layer's content.
Give it a light Bevel & Emboss, and set the direct to Down. This makes the bevel bite into the surface instead of standing proud.
Add some Inner Shadow because you would see one in real life
And merge this with a concrete or stone texture layer.
I made this using noise and a tiny emboss
With just the merged layer selected, go Edit > Define Pattern. You can fill using this pattern directly, which produces something like this
But having made the tile exactly 300 X 600 pixels we could set up some guides or grid every 300 pixels.
My canvas is 3000 pixels square so I need ten rows and columns
You could ten lay the tile as layers and stagger them
Or rotate, flip, and generally break up the pattern.
Nice job Trevor.
The only thing I would do differently is to ensure the pattern is tile-able by having some tiles without an edge on the large pattern edge so that they extend from top to bottom or left to right as in the example below.
You can check for "tile-abilty" by using Filter >Other Offset and offsetting half the width across and half the height down. (I know that you know that Trevor it was for the benefit of the OP).
That way if you use it in a pattern fill or as a 3D texture it will tile repeatedly without the large pattern edges standing out:
Dave
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