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Blitzcrete DP221404

Wadhurst Park, Wadhurst, Wealden, East Sussex. Detail of blitzcrete render on the exterior of the house. A technique developed by John Outram, Diespeaker and David Knowles in the 1970s.
Blitzcrete is made where fragments of bricks are cast into a cement and sand matrix which itself can also be made any colour. The surface is then ground-back to reveal the bricks.The advantage of brick over stone is that most stone bleaches to grey while brick, being a ceramic, retains its colour

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Strike School inscription DP217155

The Strike School, Church Green, Burston, Burston And Shimpling, Norfolk. Detail of stones on the west side of the former school, now a museum, inscribed with the name of subscribers to the building, including Leo Tolstoi'. This inscription likely refers to the son of the Russian author, who had died in 1910 (the building dates from 1917)

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Footbridge FF003281

Looking along the interior of a covered footbridge at the London Docks. Photographed by John Gay in July 1965

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