Bricks and Brickwork in Reading: Patterns and Polychromy - Softcover

Sowan, Adam

 
9781909747425: Bricks and Brickwork in Reading: Patterns and Polychromy
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1909747424 ISBN 13: 9781909747425
Verlag: Two Rivers Press, 2020

Inhaltsangabe

Brick features prominently in the towns of the Thames Valley, because the local geology provides little good building stone. Reading is particularly rewarding for the brick-fancier, thanks to the variety of colours available and the inventive patterns that Victorian bricklayers loved to make.

Illustrated throughout with photographs of surviving examples, Reading Bricks and Brickwork revels in the delights of air bricks and crinkle-crankle walls, gets back to basics with bonding, tells the 100-year story of a successful Victorian brick maker and pays homage to Alfred Waterhouse. A walking tour gives the reader the opportunity to see the more notable examples of Reading's brickwork for themselves.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Adam Sowan is a local historian based in Reading. An explorer at heart, Adam jumped at the offer of early retirement from the Civil Service and has since spent his time exploring the history and topography of his adopted town, Reading.

He is interested in architecture and is an editor of Reading Civic Society's magazine.

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Verlag
Two Rivers Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2020
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1909747424
ISBN 13 
9781909747425
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
64
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