This is a typical clinker house built around 100 years ago from our area and are typical for the time, two toned bricks and the windows framed with sandstone. The windows themselves are modern: bland but with very good insulation. These are other examples, more … Continue reading Simple Windows in Clinker Houses
The watertower of Straßenheim features very basic mosaic patterns made of bricks.
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There was a time when builders liked to combine bricks with arches, often with twin windows.
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This building is what is left over of a mill built in the late 19th century. It was built in contrasting brickface and looked and still looks striking – now with trees growing from the walls.
The bricks of the chimneys, although rectangular in shape, were laid round.
The window panes are long gone after several generations of youngsters have used them for target practice but the contrasting brickworks still peek through the trees.
Close by are other houses in clinker brick.
The chimneys are square though in the newer buildings
as are the cellar windows.
Linked to Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: bricks and stones.
Linked to Simply Snaps: Simply Bricks.
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