Brickmaking: History and Heritage

by David Johnson

Across much of the country buildings have been made of brick, rather than stone, from the Roman period onwards. High-status buildings of the Tudor and Stuart eras were often built of clay brick, but it was only in the nineteenth century that the use of brick in rapid industrial and urban development saw a massive increase in brick production. Mechanisation of the various processes, along with the development of new kiln technologies, enabled this...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1445699400
• ISBN13: 9781445699400
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 96 Pages