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David Wilkins Sep 13, 2025

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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LionelB Sep 13, 2025

@davidwilkins

This is a similar idea, used as a corbel to throw the rainwater gutter clear of the wall.

Also, four of those quadrants could be used to create a little clerestorey window opening.

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@lionelb @davidwilkins
I had a similar problem with a tall window on my house with multiple panels above each other. Rain would flow down the fixed upper panes, curl around the rounded lintel between them, and pour directly into the seal of the lower opening panes, with predictable results. I bought a piece of curved plastic moulding, cut the curve I wanted, and caulked it to the lintel so that the water would instead curve away and drip further down onto the glass. That solved it.