Looking at the end-wall of the pub I noticed something odd about the brickwork: all the bricks (with very few exceptions) are laid so that their ends are exposed - a method of brick-laying known as 'header bond'. As far as I could make out, header bond was used for the whole pub, as originally built, though not for certain repairs.
Uploaded to Geograph by Stefan Czapski on 28 July 2011
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