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CLIENT:
Private
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LOCATION:
Brondesbury
Park, London NW2
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DETAILS:
This
project involved the construction of an elaborately detailed
100m long 2m
high brick wall around a sloping residential site,
between nine mature trees situated along its boundary. Potential
movement induced by the growth of the trees was catered for
by building the panels of brickwork on separately-piled foundations,
with the individual panels linked together by curved metal railings.
The railings are formed using steel L-shaped sections, each
drilled at their tops to form a fleur-de-lis, and set
into two curved-on-plan rails at the top and bottom. These railing
sections were fixed to the brick panels either side by lugs
with rubber bushes, which allowed for differential movement
between the two wall panels.
At the front, dwarf walls between columns allowed a view through
to the carriage driveway and front garden, with the security
railings above matching the automatic metal gates.
Ibstock Westhoathley Medium Multistock bricks were utilised,
highlighted by Leicester Reds, and a number of 'special' special-bricks
and terracotta stones were manufactured to achieve the designed
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