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London stock bricks, rather dimly lit. London stock brick is the type of handmade brick which was used for the majority of building work in London and South East England until the increase in the use of Flettons and other machine-made bricks in the early 20th century. Its distinctive yellow colour is due to the addition of chalk.
The construction of the Royal Arsenal Gatehouse, or Beresford Gate as it was originally called, took place in stages. The oldest parts (1828, 1859, 1889) are of plain yellow stock brick with some stone detailing. The last additions of 1891 are of red brick and feature three large windows on each side and a clock at the top of its south-facing ...
Yellow London Stocks at Waterloo station. The colour of fired clay bricks is influenced by the chemical and mineral content of the raw materials, the firing temperature, and the atmosphere in the kiln. For example, pink bricks are the result of a high iron content, white or yellow bricks have a higher lime content. [43]
All are constructed in a Georgian style of "yellow" stock brick (often now slightly darkened) in Flemish bond and a white banded, stuccoed, to resemble stone-built, ground floor, [1] and save for those stated as replacements, from 1822 to 1843. The square has St Mark's fronting the street on the west side of its garden. [2]
The cowl was fired and a 'scintler' moved outer bricks during the firing to aid airflow. The centre of the cowl fired at 900 deg C. When the firing was complete, 'sorters' dismantled the cowl. Bricks were sorted into: First stocks – yellow facings; Second stocks – straw facings; Third stocks – interior walls; Roughs – used for footings
The residential buildings are four storeys in height, and each unit is three bays wide with an ornate central entrance to a common stairwell. The ranges vary from three to twelve units in length. They are faced with yellow stock brick, the front being enriched with the use of decorative terracotta arches to the door and window openings.
The church is built in the Gothic Revival style of yellow stock brick banded with red brick and Box stone dressings. It includes a distinctive tower and spire at the west end, a nave with round thick-traceried windows in the low clerestory, lean-to aisles, north and south transepts, and separate, lower chancel, and a semicircular baptistery, added by Webb and Bell, with a conical roof and ...
It is a three storey yellow brick building with an attic floor above the parapet. At each floor there are three windows, with the centre ones being blank. On the centre of the first floor, there is an ornamental wrought iron overthrow bearing the name of the public house, behind which is a picture of the Titanic. The ground floor bar frontage ...