Six

Shopping facility, shops 8-16, 2 Terminus St

These shops are built with clay bricks that do not serve a structural purpose. The concrete columns illustrate this and thus the bricks are simply aesthetic. The bricks have large chips (see the bottom left bricks of the facade, the chips are quite noticeable even from distance) and multiple cracks in the mortar. A large crack can be seen running through the building from the middle of the brown fence line running diagonally up to the top of the building. This is most likely created by the lack of expansion joints in the building – as the building moves in expansion and contraction there is no chance of relieving the tension in these joints and thus the mortar cracks. The mortar is 10 mm offset and the bricks are a light cream / light brown colour. There is a discolouring at the top of the wall, most likely due to improper guttering. Oils and the like would run down the face of the masonry and blacken it (the roof is flat, needs proper guttering so the water does not run off the side).