Ornametal Brickwork

Herringbone is one of my favorite types of ornamental Brickwork , its so appealing when applied in to certain parts of buildings , my personnel opinion is , if I had the money to build my own house in a specific manner, I would most certainly build the whole house using herringbone , It would most certainly be no small feet , as you cannot return corners using this method of building without having what they call in the building industry a straight joint which is not very strong , especially on the corners of the house were strength is needed most , so the other and possibly the only option would be to insert corner quoins. Corner quoins are large square stones placed on the corners interlocking each other , which also can be carved very decoratively , which would also put a very nice and attractive finish to your home, you can also build corner quoins out of bricks , don't get me wrong they look very nice but why have a BMW when you could have a Bentley that's the difference . There are so many ways in using Herringbone, and so many ways in doing it, also there is double Herringbone, there is 90 degree and also 45 degree Herringbone, you could even do herringbone in very small thin tiles this looks amazing as the pattern shows up even more concentrated in a smaller space I personally like this type in very large inglenook fire places. I can go on for hours talking about this but please look at the diagram below and any questions please ask but best of all go and have a go you will enjoy doing so . I will also ad more patterns as there are so many into my blog as soon as I can so once again enjoy and have a go , you may enjoy it.


Single Herringbone



Double Herringbone