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Originally Posted by Jonesy55
Brick is normally a big part of vernacular architecture in areas with not much stone and plenty of clay soils I think, hence why it's common in many areas of the North European Plain from Flanders across to the Baltic and much of Southern and Central England. If you go across to West Wales, Cornwall, parts of Northern England and Scotland you will find more stone construction in traditional buildings, either bare or rendered.
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Yes, I was thinking the same, but just intuitively.
For example, in my region, the subsoil of ancient limestone quarries is like some Swiss cheese, so some areas bear "no admittance" (forbidden to the public) signs for safety reason, cause the ground could downright collapse under one's feet.
I saw things like that in the woods of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, a suburb of Paris. Sometimes, it causes problems to build new things over old quarries.
Therefore, I think the old brick we have here was mostly designed as a fancy trend, especially in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, but wasn't such a traditional local thing.
I do like it very much anyway. These bricks make up legit and stylish historic buildings in the urban fabric.
I was also thinking of the Scottish stone that was showcased on here in a couple of Edinburgh threads.
It looks so solid that they would even have taken some of it up to Canada.
Most noticeably to Montreal.