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Bolted wrote:
That doesn't show the type used here. It's sort of raised about 3mm
proud of the brick face. With a slope to the top. Perhaps it is a
local thing. My architect was good at that. ;-)

That just sounds like ribbon or strap pointing, which is almost
universally now deprecated as historically inaccurate, ugly, and bad
for the bricks (string vest pointing). Maybe your area was an early
adopter.

I dunno. Both this house and its other half are the same - but not all in
the street. It's likely they've been repointed at some time in their 130
year life? But before I bought it - and it didn't look new then. Some 30
odd years ago. Nor can I imagine the previous owner paying one farthing
more than she could get away with. ;-)

My vicky has it as well, not too far proud thankfully, but it is
definitely not original - 60s or 70s at a guess, and cement.

Ok. All I can say is it looks good on the roof terrace walls which as I
said are made up of a real mixture of bricks, since most weren't designed
to be seen.

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