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unusual facts about brickwork


Holladay House

The brick is laid in Flemish-bond, although the pattern is inconsistent in some places.


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Alec Clifton-Taylor

His other books are Buildings of Delight, English Brickwork (with Ronald Brunskill) and English Stone Building.

Church of Our Lady, Bruges

Its tower, at 122.3 meters in height, remains the tallest structure in the city and the second tallest brickwork tower in the world (the tallest being the St. Martin's Church in Landshut, Germany).

John Louis Petit

In 1852 Petit published an ‘Account of Brinkburn Priory,’ a paper on coloured brickwork near Rouen, and some notices on French ecclesiastical architecture.

Leicester College

The vocational home of the College, Freemen’s Park has a professional Hair and Beauty salon, working kitchens which supply a bistro and silver service restaurant and Construction workshops where learners can train in plumbing, brickwork, woodwork, painting and decorating.

Nueces Hotel

The Sun Parlor had fine brickwork, potted plants, area rugs, and wicker furniture, and tall windows that admitted abundant daylight creating a pleasant dining experience with an outdoor atmosphere and indoor comfort; the tropical outdoor garden let guests and others enjoy their meals among palm trees, sheltered by walls from the street and from the prevailing winds that cooled the east lobby.

Old Walton Bridge

The wooden bridge was completed in 1750, was painted by Canaletto and stood until 1783 when, in decay, it was dismantled to make way for a stone-clad brickwork replacement, later painted by Turner.

Susanne Kriemann

In Ashes and Broken Brickwork of a Logical Theory she set off on the trail of Agatha Christie, when Christie visited Mesopotamia in 1930 as a photographer for the British Museum together with her future husband Max Mallowan, an archaeologist.

Villa Bílek

The brickwork masonry is articulated by pillars in form of corn sheaves which evoke Egyptian architecture.

Villa delle Vignacce

Based upon markings and studies of the brickwork, the construction of the luxurious villa is attributed to Quintus Servilius Pudens, an extremely wealthy friend of the emperor Hadrian.

Wolds College

This covers bricklaying, painting and decorating, plastering and plumbing.


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