Seven

Restaurant / Bar, Shops 1-2, 280 Old Northern Rd

This building also has clay bricks that are not used structurally. The concrete is its primary support and the bricks are used aesthetically. They are tan / cream coloured and the mortar is slightly darker. It has stretcher bonds with 3 circular arches. It is clear that these arches were at some point open and have been filled in with bricks at a later time. The arch on the right is composed of the bricks used on the rest of the building but it is obvious that the builders ran out of this colour and had to use lighter coloured bricks on the two left arches. It is also possible that the right arch was done at a much earlier time than the left two and it is only because of weathering that the rest of the bricks are darker, but the former reason is most likely. The only defect in this building is weathered bricks, and the mortar is 5 mm struck.