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The bridge and gate piers are in stone, and the wall and ha-ha are in red brick with stone coping. The bridge has a four-centred arch and parapets, and is flanked by square gate piers. On each side of these is an embattled wall with buttresses, about 5 yards (4.6 m) long, and the right wall continues as a ha-ha for about 50 yards (46 m). [28] II
In the making of firebrick, fire clay is fired in the kiln until it is partly vitrified.For special purposes, the brick may also be glazed. There are two standard sizes of fire brick: 229 mm × 114 mm × 76 mm (9 in × 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 in × 3 in) and 229 mm × 114 mm × 64 mm (9 in × 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 in × 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 in). [2]
Blithfield used to be centered around the Parish Church. At the end of the 1800s Church and State divided and this area is now represented as "a local authority by the Blithfield Parish Council and the Church of England by the Parochial Church Council". [4] The population in Blithfield decreased from 439 people in 1801 to 262 people in 1961. [5]
Equivalent VIII, 1966, 120 Firebricks, 5 by 27 by 90 + 1 ⁄ 4 inches (130 mm × 690 mm × 2,290 mm), occasionally referred to as The Bricks, is the last of a series of minimalist sculptures by Carl Andre. The sculpture consists of 120 fire bricks, arranged in two layers, in a six-by-ten rectangle. [1]
Blithfield Hall by John Buckler, John Chessell Buckler. Blithfield Hall (pronounced locally as Bliffield), is a privately owned Grade I listed country house in Staffordshire, England, situated some 9 miles (14 km) east of Stafford, 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Uttoxeter and 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Rugeley.
London stock brick is the type of handmade brick which was used for the majority of building work in London and South East England until the increase in the use of Flettons and other machine-made bricks in the early 20th century. Its distinctive yellow colour is due to the addition of chalk.
A 5-year-old child had to be disarmed by police after answering the front door holding a loaded handgun in Michigan. The child opened the front door carrying the armed weapon to a cadet who came ...
The village is 11.6 miles (18.7 km) north of the city of Lichfield and is 6.8 miles (10.9 km) south west of Uttoxeter. [5] The nearest railway station is at Rugeley which is 5.8 miles (9.3 km) south west of the village. The Blithfield Reservoir [6] is 1.8 miles (2.9 km) from the centre of the