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26 ::: ::: From: Lyndon F. Cave. Information or suggestions would be welcome concerning some bricks found in Kenilworth, though not necessarily made there. One is marked 'L & LBC', which is not the normal mark for the Leamington Brick Co~pany. Another is marked 'Mason', and a third, blue/grey, brick is marked 'Brooke'.' Replies to L.F.Cave, R.I.B.A., Dipl. Arch., 24 Portland Street, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV32 5EY. From: Arthur Percival. Mr Percival has asked me (and I do not know the answer!) where 'Northern' proportion bricks begin/end. Ha would also be grateful for any ideas on why the proportions are different. Replies to Arthur Percival, M.B.E., B.A., F.S.A., Fleur de Lis Heritage Centre, Preston Street, Faversham, Kent, ME13 8NS. ::::::::::: ::::::::Hi H::::::::: From: Martin D ..P. Hammond. How long does it take to build a wall? Whilst building a garden wall earlier this year I achieved an overall rate of twelve bricks an hour, allowing for selecting and stacking bricks ready for use,setting- .out, mixing and carrying mortar, cutting bats, and finishing the joints both sides. Replies to M.D.P.Hammond, St Annes', 13 Jackson Road, Parkstone, Poole, Dorset, BH12 3AJ. ::::::::::: Members' queries on any topic related to bricks, brickmaking, or brick building are welcome for this section. They should be short and should be accompanied by the member's name and full postal address. Longer queries may, of course, b~ included as articles within Information. Replies to queries may be addressed either direct to the address given or, where suitable, in the form of articles to Information. In the case of the latter, answers should give.a full reference, including page reference, to the original query: e.g. 'In Information, 29, February 1983, 11-12, Mr M.D.P.Hammond asks for details of some Scottish bricks ... '. From: T.P.Smith. Seen at the back of Castle Villa, Burgh Castle, Norfolk: bricks measuring 9t by 4' by 2' in., with small rectangular frog, 4i by 2f in. by ~ in. deep. Red' fabric. In the frog, in letters It in. high, some bricks are stamped 'Ki' and some 'K2', although there seems no obvious difference between the two types. Can anyone explain the significance of these stamps? Castle Villa is Victorian, though the outhouse in which these bricks occur could be later. The bricks made locally, in the nineteenth and early twentieth centur~ were different: white fabric, larger frog, and clearly stamped 'BURGH CASTLE'. Suggestions would be welcome. Replies to T.P.Smith, The School Flat, Dartford Grammar School for Boys, West HilI, Dartford, Kent, DAI 2HW. i~i:Hi~:: ::::::::::: From C.J.Webb. Chernocke Place, Winchester, Hants. has been cleaned in re cent years, revealing a delicate honey shade of brickwork. The house is believed to date from c.1844, and designed by Owen Browne Carter (1806-59). Carter used the same bricks in the former Corn Exchange in Jewry Street (now ::::::::::: :;:;;;:::::
2, the Public Library), a curved block in Clifton Terrace, and the long block in St Peter ~treet. All the honey-coloured bricks are used for facing, the rears .being in red brick, so presumably they were quite expensive. Some very similar bricks which have recently been examined in a terrace of houses in North Walls are stamped 'Cally HilI' or possibly 'Gally Hill', but attempts to trace their origin have so far been unsuccessful. It is possible that they came up the Itchen Navigation from Southampton,before the openirrg of the London and South Western Railway in 1839/40. Any information on the origin of these bricks will be gratefully received. Replies to: C.J.Webb, Chernocke Place, 35 Southgate Street, Winchester, Hants. From W.J.Harris. Information on the following fire-bricks is They are all found in New Zealand, and some at least of them British-made. 1. HURLL 2. FORTH 3. ? HARRIS & PE~RSON STOWRIDGE 4. CUMBERNAULD 9 by 4~ by 2~ inches 9 by 4t by 3 inches 9 by 4 by 2t inches 8i by 4t by 2t inches 8~ by 3t by 2t inches requested. may be Pale brown speckled. Reddish brown speckled; .rough. Reddish cream; brand poorly impressetl. Cream. Black rough finish; brand partly visible 5. 0 SONS LEEDS WORTLEY 6. GARTCOSH 9 by 4t by 2~ inches Speckled red, brown, and black finish. 7. VULCAN 9 by 4~ by 3 inches Cream with dark F 19 (with Star) speckles. The majority cf bricks imported into New Zealand from Britain would have been shipped in the period 1840-1880, prior to the mechanisation of the industry in New Zealand itself. (There are nopublications available for 'reference in New Zealand, and so help is sought from the British end.) Replies to: W.J.Harris, 4A Cannon HilI Crescent, Christchurch 8, New Zealand. From T.P.Smith. Arecent publication (T.P.Smith, 'An Ear1y Dated Examp1e of Cavi ty-Wall Construction in the City of.Canterbury',. Archaeologia Cantiana, 98, 1982, 247-52) has drawn attention to an example of cavity-wal1 construction firm1y dated by a date-plaque to. as ear1y as 1884. Since the record was made the building -A1exandra Terrace, Station Road East, Canterbury - has been demo1ished.I shou1d be glad to hear of any other examples of firmly dated - or even approximately dated - examp1es ofcavity-wall construction from such an early date. Dr Ronald Brunskill has already supplied an ear1y example from Alder1ey Edge, Cheshire, and there may be many more. The use of stretcher bond in many late nineteenth-century houses in places 1ike Portsmouth and Southampton is certain1y suggestive, and there are similar examples (though fewer) in Canterbury and it~ environs too. Rep1ies to: T.P.Smith, The School Flat, Dartford Grammar School for Boys, West Hil1, Dartford, Kent, DAI 2HW.
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