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Working dimensions is the size of a manufactured brick. It is also called the nominal size of a brick. Brick size may be slightly different due to shrinkage or distortion due to firing, etc. An example of a co-ordinating metric commonly used for bricks in the UK is as follows: [4] [5] [6] Bricks of dimensions 215 mm × 102.5 mm × 65 mm; Mortar ...
The Local Government Act 1858 stated that a street containing terraced houses had to be at least 36 feet (11 m) wide with houses having a minimum open area at the rear of 150 square feet (14 m 2), and specified the distance between properties should not be less than the height of each. Other building codes inherited from various local councils ...
[3] [4] Marion Crawford, who resided at the cottage from 1948 to 1950, described it as "a dream 'of seasoned red brick ... with roses round the door'." [5] It is 1,324 square feet (123 m 2) in size. [3] [6] It stands near two other grace-and-favour houses, Ivy Cottage and Wren Cottage. [7] The house was designed by Christopher Wren.
The Stanley Dock Tobacco Warehouse is a grade II listed building and is the world's largest brick warehouse, with a net floor area of 1.6 million square feet (148,644 square metres). [1] [2] [3] It is adjacent to the Stanley Dock, in Liverpool, England. Standing 125 feet (38 m) high, the building was, at the time of its construction in 1901 ...
The Accrington Nori Brick works was temporarily re-opened in August 2009 only to close again that November, after a lifespan of 122 years. In 2013 the works was for sale. [ 2 ] Since 1982 the old quarries have been increasingly used for landfill of domestic waste from the north west region operated by the company SITA UK .
In the United States, modern standard bricks are specified for various uses; [47] The most commonly used is the modular brick has the actual dimensions of 7 + 5 ⁄ 8 × 3 + 5 ⁄ 8 × 2 + 1 ⁄ 4 inches (194 × 92 × 57 mm).
[33] [34] "home to several hotels, a skating rink, a university and a water park with its artificial beach measuring 5,000 square meters" [35] Dubai International Airport Terminal 3 United Arab Emirates: Dubai: 1,713,000 m 2 (18,440,000 sq ft) Three buildings connected by tunnels. [36] "The baggage handling system used in the terminal is the ...
[4] [5] Shapes included square, rectangular, triangular and round, and the largest bricks found have measured over three feet in length. [6] Ancient Roman bricks had a general size of 1½ Roman feet by 1 Roman foot, but common variations up to 15 inches existed. Other brick sizes in Ancient Rome included 24" x 12" x 4", and 15" x 8" x 10".