Canterbury Buildings: Brickwork

Details and Styles

BRICKWORK page 5: Brick nogging and infill

This page shows examples of 'brick nogging'. When a timber building was losing its infill (made of mud, lime, dung and so on) people often refilled it in later centuries with brickwork, and sometimes made it decorative.
The 'Sun Hotel' in Sun Street - the top storey was until recently covered in plaster, but was left uncovered deliberately after restoration to show off the nogging.
Detail of central window.
Detail of the right side. The work on the right is called 'herringbone' as it is the pattern of fish bones.
15 St. Peter's Street from the back. The wonderful nogging, including herringbone again, may be part of the original building - note the date in the brickwork of the lower storey - 1620

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