Checkered brickwork
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Checkered brickwork by Rose and Trev Clough as part of the Geograph project.
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Checkered brickwork
Image: © Rose and Trev Clough Taken: 14 Oct 2015
The bricks are laid in Flemish bond http://www.geograph.org.uk/article/Brick-bonds#flemish-bond using contrasting colours for the headers and stretchers. This style of brickwork is fairly common in Carlisle, but these houses in Eden Street look particularly bright for their age.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.908089
Longitude
-2.944201