A brick mystery. I came across this unusual use of curved bricks to form the base of a window opening on a very old building while out for a walk in Littleport in Cambridgeshire. Maybe I’m being a bit dim but I can’t find an example of anything else like this on line. There are examples of slightly curved bricks out there but the curve on these has a much tighter radius. (1/2)

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@davidwilkins

My guess would be an opportunist use. Some bricks left over from constructing a tunnel or passage? Waste not, want not.

@lionelb @davidwilkins That's an odd curve, with the radius tighter at the bottom. Gulley bricks?

@lopta @davidwilkins

Quite. I think they were 'borrowed'.

@lionelb @lopta Googling gulley bricks, I think some of those are definitely closer.
@davidwilkins @lionelb I didn't really know whether those were a thing. It was a guess.