Flemish bond
A form of brickwork in which headers (end) and stretchers (horizontal length) alternate
Usually, each header is centered above and below the stretchers ...
Flemish bond:
a pattern of brickwork in which the long side of the brick is laid alternated with the end of the brick ...
Flemish Bond
a type of brickwork in which alternate headers and stretchers in each course appear on the wall face.
Foliated ...
FLEMISH BOND In brickwork, a bond in which each course (row) consists of headers (butt end) and stretchers (long side) laid alternately, each header being centered on the stretcher above and below it.
Flemish bond - a bond where the courses consist of alternate headers and stretchers.
Frog - the indentation in the face of a brick, which makes it both easy to handle and bed into mortar.
Bricks laid in Flemish bond pattern: alternating headers (ends) and stretchers (sides)
Illustration: 33 Chapin Pkwy
Hipped roof (sloped inward on all four sides) ...
Brick Wall Patterns: Common Bond, Running Bond, Flemish Bond, English Bond, Herringbone, Stack Bond
Brick Paving Patterns: Basket Weave, Half Basket, Herringbone, Basket on Edge
Classical Orders of Architecture ...
BONDING - Method of laying bricks, i.e. English Bond, Flemish Bond.
BORROWED LIGHT - Window in interior wall transferring light from outer window.
Flemish bond: with alternating stretchers and headers showing. Header bond: with only the headers exposed. Stack bond: non-structural brick facing in vertical (i.e. non-overlapping) tiers.
The building is white brick constructed using the Flemish bond pattern with grey brick detailing. Above each window are ornamental dripmoulds with keystones and labels stops. Five horizontal bands (or string courses) accentuate the design.
Flemish Bond - a traditional form of solid wall construction with the bricks laid with headers (the short end) laid alternately with stretchers (the long side).
English bond, for example, has been in use for 400 years, and is based on a mix of bricks laid end on, and side on, in such a way that the cross joints are regularly spaced. Other patterns include Flemish bond, heading, stretching, and American.
 See also: Brick, Bond, Header, House, Cornice
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