Brick-clad homes

While the humble brick makes the ideal material for walls and floors, both inside and out, exposed brickwork can add instant character to a home of any age, as these projects from throughout the UK demonstrate…

WORDS: DEBBIE JEFFERY

A whiter shade of pale Named after the rolling white cliffs that line the Kent coastline, Chalk is a newly built single-storey house composed of a striking palette of white glazed bricks and oak cladding. Standing on Broadstairs’ coveted North Foreland Estate, the house’s design was inspired by California Modernism and is arranged around a wonderfully private garden. Teresa and Anthony Ralph, of TG Designer Homes (www.tgdesignerhomes.com), employed a bricklayer to construct the brick-and-block house on concrete strip foundations. Selecting the white external bricks was crucial, and the Ralphs realised that a matt finish could end up appearing yellow. They also wanted to avoid having to paint the house in future, but finding a pure white glazed brick without variations took time. “The bricks needed a final acid wash to…

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Homebuilding & Renovating (Digital) - 1 Issue, February 2025

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