Ten

Residential House, 95 Darcey Rd

The clay bricks in this house are, like all previous buildings, composed of in the stretcher bond. The joints are rake (offset of 10mm) and the bricks are a wide range of colours and textures. Some are smooth with certain parts glazed, while others are rough and slightly rounded at the edges, adding to the overall effect of age but with grace. Defects are hard to decipher whether it was intentional brick shape or if they have been chipped. As with the bricks, the mortar is inconsistent but might be the overall look the builders wanted to achieve. The bricks are clearly structural, and colours range from oranges to browns, deep reds to almost blacks. Most bricks are not monochrome either, thus each brick has varying colours. Half bricks at an angle have been used for the sills, and this is the first clay building out of then 10 to have a chimney (as there is only one other house). The chimney has raised bricks at the top and smoke discolouring can clearly be seen.