Stratford New Place Brick Ver 2

A complete example of a red, handmade, unfrogged brick (8 x 3 ¾ x 2 inch) of the type used in the construction of Shakespeare’s New Place. The filling-in of timber framing with brick was in use by the mid-fifteenth century and the panels usually formed simple patterns. Throughout the Tudor period, bricks were frequently used as a building material and this brick infill method continued into the seventeenth century period. When New Place was built, the use of bricks was still mostly associated with the high-status buildings of the elite. It would have been a particularly unusual sight within Stratford. More information at: www.searchingforshakespeare.co.uk