South Harting: clunch and rat-trap bond
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South Harting: clunch and rat-trap bond
Image: © Stefan Czapski Taken: 11 Aug 2015
I stopped to look at these buildings because of the exposed chalk (clunch) walling. Looking more closely, I noticed that the house nearest the camera is built of bricks laid on edge - penny-pinching 'rat-trap bond'. It puzzles me that after scrimping on bricks, the builder tried to make up for it by fitting quite a grand door-case (as Pevsner would call it). Ostentation at the price of neglecting the basics. There's a tabloid phrase for that sort of thing - and it has to do with fur coats.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.969999
Longitude
-0.880403