Week7

Example 6 (St Mary's Primary School Erskineville)










Description
The St Mary’s Primary School was built with a combination of red and dark brown bricks with iron joints. It is a two storey building with decorative patterns of bricks for the walls, like the cross shape on the wall and the decorated brickwork below the arch.

Bond
Strecher bond

Jointing
Iron joint

Surface Texture
Smooth

Structural / Non-Structural
Structural

Bricks Colour/s
Mixture of red/ dark brown colour

Arch
Venetian arch

Defects
n/a

Example 5 (St Mary's Catholic Church Erskineville)










Description
The St Mary’s Catholic Church was built with red bricks with weather joints. It is a tall church with a tower and a beautiful facade. It was built next to a busy traffic. There are also some special decorative patterns of bricks for the walls.

Bond
English bond

Jointing
Weather joint

Surface Texture
Quite smooth

Structural / Non-Structural
Structural

Bricks Colour/s
Mixture of brown/ dark brown colour

Arch
n/a

Defects
The edges of the bricks were corrode and turn black which may be caused by acid rain or gas emission from the vehicles.