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Flemish bond brickwork on the Ludwell–Paradise House. Flemish bond is a pattern of brickwork that is a common feature in Georgian architecture. The pattern features bricks laid lengthwise (stretchers) alternating with bricks laid with their shorter ends exposed (headers) within the same courses. This decorative pattern can be accented by ...
Bond course: This is a course of headers that bond the facing masonry to the backing masonry. [1] Plinth: The bottom course of a wall. String course (Belt course or Band course): A decorative horizontal row of masonry, narrower than the other courses, that extends across the façade of a structure or wraps around decorative elements like columns.
Brickwork that appears as Flemish bond from both the front and the rear is double Flemish bond, so called on account of the front and rear duplication of the pattern. If the wall is arranged such that the bricks at the rear do not have this pattern, then the brickwork is said to be single Flemish bond. [33]
The building's exterior brickwork is laid in Flemish bond. In this styling, the bricks are alternated between those laid with ends facing out ("headers") and those laid lengthwise ("stretchers"). In the Ludwell–Paradise House's case, the style is further accented by headers being glazed. [51]
Each row of bricks is known as a course. The pattern of headers and stretchers employed gives rise to different 'bonds' such as the common bond (with every sixth course composed of headers), the English bond, and the Flemish bond (with alternating stretcher and header bricks present on every course). Bonds can differ in strength and in ...
English: This is a file showing colour-coded plan and elevation views for brickwork in Double Flemish bond of two and a half bricks’ thickness. Bricks in the elevation diagram are accounted for in like colours in the plan diagrams.
A wall constructed in glazed-headed Flemish bond with bricks of various shades and lengths. An old brick wall in English bond laid with alternating courses of headers and stretchers . A brick is a type of construction material used to build walls, pavements and other elements in masonry construction.
It was explained in the article until an editor decided to take out all the photographs. Check out "Note the increased height of each course, compared with flemish or english bond, achieved by laying the bricks on their edges" here. --Old Moonraker 06:37, 14 April 2009 (UTC) Also, why has the article got two pictures of Flemish bond?