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3 unusual facts about Accrington brick


Fulshaw Hall

In 1886 major additions were made by Richard Lingard Monk in Accrington brick; these were in Jacobean style.

Red brick university

While the University of Liverpool is generally considered to be the original "red brick" university, the University of Birmingham was the first of the civic universities to gain independent university status in 1900 and the University has stated that the popularity of the term "red brick" owes to its own Chancellor's Court, constructed from Accrington red brick.

St Thomas' Church, St Anne's-on-the-Sea

St Thomas' is constructed of red Accrington brick in English garden wall bond, with stonework around the windows in cream Yorkshire stone, and arches, arcades and pillars of red sandstone; the roofs are of red tile.



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