Bricks Rebuild
Posted on Thursday, September 1st, 2011 at 4:05 pmBricks Rebuild
when were most of the old Red brick buildings with chimneys built in towns, cities in Scotland?
and which style is this? (for example, the Ayr, train station)..
how compared to similar red brick buildings in London?
is this “Dutch Ponte Style”? or how different again to the ones in London?
have most of these buildings been rebuilt or remodeled? why this seems to still be quite popular a style of building in London? were these all built at the same time as William Of Orange? if so, how much expansion to cities and towns took place during his reign? and why?
please explain what You Can.
thansk for your answers!
Red brick buildings with chimneys are from 16th century onwards – chimneys in any quantity appear in (big) Tudor Houses. They were popular up until the Second World War – when alterntive fuels came in, notably gas and oil fired central heating.
Presumably you mean the Ayr Station Hotel – which is by Galloway and is Late Victorian (c 1885). It is French Renaissance in style rather than Dutch. The key element is the steeply sided roofscape and it is executed in sandstone rather than brick.
Pont Street Dutch was particular to an area of London and had more reference to dutch styles in particular gables,
Many buildings of this period have been remodelled – removing chimneys and internal walls increases the floor are dramatically which is important in London, but plenty survive unaltered.
