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Dutch brick (Dutch: IJsselsteen) is a small type of red brick made in the Netherlands, or similar brick, and an architectural style of building with brick developed by the Dutch. The brick, made from clay dug from river banks or dredged from river beds of the river IJssel [ 1 ] and fired over a long period of time, was known for its durability ...
only tower medieval, embrasure of the portal of brick, else irregular pathwork of brick and plastered wall sections: ↓: Sittard, Sittard-Geleen: St. Peter's church (NL), RCE 33678: 13th–16th centuries: basilical nave of brick, lower parts of the tower brick and stone layers, transept, choir and upper tower of stone: ↑: Venlo: Sint ...
Concrete paver blocks laid in a circular pattern Concrete paver blocks in a rectangular pattern. A paver is a paving stone, sett, tile, [1] brick [2] or brick-like piece of concrete commonly used as exterior flooring. They are generally placed on top of a foundation which is made of layers of compacted stone and sand.
A sett, also known as a block or Belgian block, [1] is a broadly rectangular quarried stone used in paving roads and walkways. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Formerly in widespread use, particularly on steeper streets because setts provided horses' hooves with better grip than a smooth surface, they are now encountered more usually as decorative stone paving in ...
The Holland Downtown Historic District contains 59 contributing and 24 non-contributing structures. Most of the buildings are two- and three-story commercial structures, built in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and having brick, stone, or terra cotta facades. The buildings stand directly on the line of the sidewalk.
Two of these, Huis ten Bosch and Mauritshuis, are symmetrical blocks with large windows, stripped of ostentatious Baroque flourishes. The same austerely geometrical effect is achieved without great cost or pretentious effects at the stadholder's summer residence of Het Loo .
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Holland began his practice by designing Claremont House for Robert Clive, with his future father-in-law in 1771 [9] and their partnership lasted until Brown's death twelve years later. Claremont is of nine by five bays, of white brick with stone dressings. The main feature on the entrance front is the tetrastyle Corinthian pedimented portico.