The curious case of English "wavy" brick walls
“In England you sometimes see these ‘wavy’ brick fences. And curious as it may seem, this shape uses fewer bricks than a straight wall.” I learned something, today!
Another “short and sweet” Anglophilic post!
“In England you sometimes see these ‘wavy’ brick fences. And curious as it may seem, this shape uses fewer bricks than a straight wall. A straight wall needs at least two layers of bricks to make it sturdy, but the wavy wall is fine thanks to the arch support provided by the waves.”
Ingenious!
They are called serpentine walls. Rather eccentrically English I think.