West Dean College Gardens Visitor’s Center – Exterior wall with exposed herringbone brick pattern, alternating with exposed concrete bands and grey flint stones: Photographs
01/01/1995Two images of the north wall under construction. The second image shows the cornice of the wall, in which one can see the handling of brick, headers, flint and stone; it was worked course by course, and every course had to be placed by eye, after testing in in mock-ups .
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West Dean College Gardens Visitor's Center - Exterior wall with exposed herringbone brick pattern, alternating with exposed concrete bands and grey flint stones: Photographs
North wall under construction
01/01/1995
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West Dean College Gardens Visitor's Center - Exterior wall with exposed herringbone brick pattern, alternating with exposed concrete bands and grey flint stones: Photographs
The cornice of the north wall, in which we see the of brick & stone
01/01/1995
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