Heritage Red
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These Handmade Heritage Sandstock bricks capture the warmth, texture and subtle irregularity of traditional brickmaking. Their rich palette sits predominantly within earthy heritage reds and burnt terracotta, with gentle variations through warm orange, rust and deeper clay tones.
Each brick is individually handmade, producing the distinctive softly creased and textured face associated with genuine sandstock bricks. Fine folds, drag marks, shallow impressions and occasional pits remain visible across the surface, giving the brick a depth and tactile quality that cannot be replicated by a highly uniform machine-made product.
The edges are deliberately soft and slightly irregular, while small variations in shape, texture and colour give completed brickwork a relaxed, established appearance. These variations become particularly effective across a large façade, where changing sunlight catches the textured faces differently throughout the day.
With their classic red clay colouring and authentic handmade character, Heritage Sandstocks are particularly well suited to Federation and Edwardian homes, Californian bungalows, heritage renovations and sympathetic extensions, while their simplicity also works beautifully when contrasted against contemporary architecture.
The result is a warm, honest and distinct heritage brick, with enough variation and texture to give new brickwork the character and individuality normally associated with buildings that have stood for generations.
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Items per pallet: 540 bricks
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Approx size: 230mm x 70mm x 110mm
Note: +/- 5mm 1s standard deviation is to be expected for handmade bricks.
$2.85
ea.
Brick Information
Brick Name(s)
Heritage Red
Brick Type
Through colour clay handmade brick.
Specification
Manufactured to AS/NZS 4455 and BS EN 771-1:2011
Size
- 65mm x 215mm x 102mm (custom order)
- 70mm x 228mm x 108mm
- 76mm x 230mm x 110mm
Dimensional Tolerance
DPB3 size classification, +/- 5mm 1 sigma standard deviation from the nominal size (n=20) is to be expected.
Compressive Strength
> 10 MPa
Soluble Salt Classification
S2
Bulk Density
1500 kg/m
Packaging
Shrink wrapped on wooden pallets in packs of
- 648 (65mm)
- 540 (70mm Imperial)
- 504 (76mm)
Pack Size
L x W x H 1100 x 1100 x 1100mm Approx.
Pack Weight
1.5 to 1.6 Tonnes Approx.
Usage
- Always mix from several packs.
- Ideal mortar colours include white, sand beige and red.
- For an authentic heritage look, use cut and struck joint profiles with white or sand beige mortar.
- Imperial sized version has the following profile bricks available:
- Plinth Stretcher
- Stepped Plinth Stretcher
- Single Cant
- Double Cant
- Cant Corner
- Single Bullnose
- Double Bullnose
- Half Round
Durability
General Purpose Building Brick (AS/NZS 4455) F2 BS EN771-1:2011