Brick and Clay Building in Britain (Vernacular Buildings) - Hardcover

R. W. Brunskill

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 030011687X ISBN 13: 9780300116878

Publisher: Yale University Press in association with Peter Crawley, 2009

Synopsis

This new edition includes a fascinating account of how bricks, brick files and terracotta have been made and used from medieval times to the present day, along with an illustrated glossary, a chronological photo survey, appendices, and bibliography.

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Review:

`... a fascinating account of how bricks, brick files and terracotta have been made and used... [since] medieval times.'
--Listed Heritage, September/October 2009

`[An] outstandingly valuable book.'
--David W. Lloyd, Cornerstone, December 2009

Synopsis:

"Brick and Clay Building in Britain" has been widely praised both for its clear and well-balanced text and for the quality of the illustrations. This new edition includes a fascinating account of how bricks, brick files and terracotta have been made and used from medieval times to the present day. There is an illustrated glossary of brickwork where virtually every term is shown in photographs and diagrams and a chronological photographic survey ranges from the earliest survivors to the twentieth century. Finally there is an introduction to the use of unbaked earth in different locations in England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland and internationally. Appendices cover the Brick Tax, cavity walling and damp proof courses, the use of Header Bond in brickwork, and brickwork in Scotland and Ireland. The bibliography has been enlarged and brought up to date.

About this edition

• Publisher: Yale University Press in association with Peter Crawley
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 030011687X
• ISBN 13: 9780300116878
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 188