65mm Metric Red Bricks

Metric Buff Bricks 65mm
Metric Buff Bricks 65mm x 215mm x 102.5mm

Metric Brown & Grey Bricks
Page down to see some of the Brown Grey 65mm Bricks we stock.

Handmade Bricks
Handmade Simulated Handmades - bricks of character.

Imperial Bricks in stock
We class 73mm or taller bricks as imperial.

65mm Metric Red Bricks

65mm x 215mm x 102.5mm

There have been many sizes of bricks made over the years. The popularity of 65mm x 215mm x 102.5mm (metric) bricks emerged in the 2nd half of the 1900s and is still the standard (in the UK) today.

Using a 10mm mortar joint - you usually need approx 60 bricks per square metre.

Under BS3921 - bricks are allowed to vary slightly in size and still conform to the BS.

To see some of the red metric bricks we stock - page down or use the search facility .

Concrete Red Black Brushed 65mm

Concrete Red Black Brushed Rustic 65mm

This is a solid brick made from a mixture of red (pinkish) and black(ish) concrete mixed together and given a brushed finish ( a bit "rough looking " - a "bit like stone".

There a few companies that have made bricks similar to this one .

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"Tudor Red Brindle" 65mm

"Smile" textured /red/ black colour

This brick is made in a red version and a gold version. (The gold version is our brick No 32). Its a perforated brick (with holes) - with a surface coloured finish. The brick contains "smile" like grooves and is covered with a light textured sand. Both the red and the gold versions contain a number of blackish bricks but the overall finish is either that of a red multi (which this is) or a gold multi (which is No 32).

We first encountered it in the 1970s.

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Red Multi Indented Texture 65mm

Intended Red Multi Texture 65mm

This extruded (machine - made) brick is a deep red colour with occasional patches of blue. The blue patches appear as a spot or an "illongated cigar" shape - called a"heart".

We first enclountered this brick circa 1990 - & we would class it as a 2nd generation of the popular ranges of multi "indented" bricks which 1st became popular in the 1970s.

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Red Multi Dragface 65mm

Red Multi Dragface

Many brick companies make dragface bricks like this one. This is a very good quality one - made of excellent clay with a dragface finish (a bit like little squarish holes). It feels alot like a hard engineering brick and is a mixture of redwith darker "greenish" patches.

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Burghley Red Multi 65mm (Be Careful!)

Red Wirecut (with dark patches).

This brick is a perfect example of why matching a brick is not always just a matter of knowing the name of the brick. The picture is of a Hanson Burghley Red Multi 65mm. If you ordered that brick by name - maybe because that was written on your plans - whether or not the brick you get is EXACTLY right for you may be a matter of luck.

This is because it has been made at two factories over the years. For a long time it was made at the Heather factory. The ones shown are from the Kirton factory. Having stocked both types - we've noticed that the Heather factory bricks tended to be a deeper red with a deeper more defined texture. The edges (ends) of the kirton brick often have a slightly rounded finish whereas many of the Heathers were more square. The overall colour of the Kirton one tended to be lighter.

This may give you a clue as to what this site is all about. We've tried to give you a descriptive "feel" for the types of bricks we offer - because as a stockist - who split packs and sees batch after batch come through the yard - we can often give you a 1st hand description of what the bricks look like.

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Red Blue Black "SAND & LIME"

Sand & Lime Calcium Silicate Red Multi 65mm

Calcium Silicate look " a bit" like concrete bricks - but theye are not! Brick Companies well known for Calcium Silicate ( also known as "sand & lime" bricks) include Ryarsh & Mansfield Brick Company.

Since Mansfield Brick stopped making its range of facing bricks (popular in many areas of the UK - especially - (you guessed it) around Mansfield - we've had some difficulty sourcing a match for their range. But here is the one we can offer to match any of the reds. (We are familiar with their range & if you are matching something like the Dukeries Red Multi , or Chatsworth red etc ) we should be able to help you.

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Heavy Textured Red Rustic 65MM FL

Heavy Textured Red Rustic 65mm

There have been alot of good Heavy Textured Red Rustic bricks come & go over the years. For example - the Elliot Whitley Red Rustic - a brick we sold 1,000s of in one form or another - before production ceased - & we usually keep at least one type in stock. With many clay bricks - some shade variation has been witnessed over the years - so for the best match - its often worth inspecting the bricks in the yard.

This brick has a very rough surface which ("comes up at you"). With such a heavy texture - don't forget (like with some lighter textures too) - they should be laid so that rain water runs over and off the texture instead of getting caught in the grooves.

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Orangy/ Red Multi Dragwire 65mm

Red Hearted Dragface 65mm

If you are looking for a medium to almost orange bodied brick with a "ciger - shaped"" blue- ish" heart - we normally keep one in stock.

The 619 is an engineering type base clay . The surface is essentially smooth BUT with a dragface finish (small square-ish holes all over the surface).

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Red Fine Textured Wirecut 65mm

Fine Textured Red Wirecut 65mm

This extruded machine made brick has a fine wirecut texture (like lines cut across the face from left to right) . It's the same colour through-out. There are many firms make similar ones . Watch for what type of clay they are made from. Is its a "softish" feeling brick or "really hard and a bit greasy to the touch" - tell us - it can help us to distinguish which one you may have.

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Heavy Textured Red Blue Multi 65mm

Heavy Textured Red Multi 65mm

Notts Patent was the name of a brick Company who bought out a popular range of heavy textured red & yellow bricks (around 1970) which they called RUFTEC. They were so popular that they added a multi version of each- called Dorket Fireglow & Dorket Honeygold. We first encountered the Multis in about 1980.

The Nottingham clay was not as hard as a typical engineering brick and the face was applied so as the inside of the brick was a different colour. It usually had 3 holes ( and one straight slight groove running along the back of the brick).

We noticed several changes to the colour of the brick between 1980 & 2000. When we spoke to the Manufacturer we were told that they had changed the Sand they applied to the face. What we're saying is be a bit careful when matching these bricks as they have varied over the years. You are probably well advised to look at the bricks in stock.

The picture here is of the current production of the red brick. We also supply the gold one.

Note the blue cigar shaped heart on many of the faces. The heart also varies.

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Purple Fine Wirecut Rustic 65mm

Purple Wirecut Rustic 65mm

This is a very deepish purple coloured brick with a fine wirecut rustic texture ( a bit like lines drawn from left to right across the face of the brick). Its a slightly different colour inside the brick and normally has about three holes.

We noticed that in the 1980s the brick tended to be a bit ligther but we've notnoticed much change since 1995. A useful and unusual brick if you are looking for a dark colour.

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Light Red Multi "Smile" texture

Light Red Multi "Smile" Texture 65mm

This brick - first seen around 1981 - was part of a range that originally featured a grey , brown and buff version as well as this red one. The brown and grey versions vanished by the 1990s . Note also that the 1st couple of years the bricks were made - the "smile -like" texture tended to be a little less pronouced - and more of a "valley" than the more definite "cut" that can be seen in later years.

It has three holes and the back of the brick often has a texture a bit like a dragface finish. (Dont ever think the back of a brick is guaranteed to be a certain type - that's not normally how the brick is sold - but we tend to notice the marks made by the different factories as it helps us to match some of the bricks).

An importan part of the face colour of the brick are the blue patches and some yellow patches seen on the brick. However, the overall effect when walled is usually of a lightish red to pink multi. (The buff version is also made & we stock it. See our brick No 603).

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Red Sandfaced 65mm Frogged (Heather)

Heather 65mm LBC

This medum to dark red sandfaced textured brick ( also available in "imperial" - see our brick No 21) - has been VERY popular over the years . Often seen on sites of the major house builders - particualrly between the 1960s to the 1980s. (Note - the nearer you get to the 1960s - the more likeley you may need the imperial version).

Be wary that there used to be a light version and a dark version. The light version seen mainly in the North of England prior to about 1985.

They are made from OXFORD clay which is famous as the "clay that burns itself". We have noticed that they are particulary prone to batch variation - so pack inspection of our stocks may be a good idea prior to order.

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"ZIG ZAG" Rustic 65mm

Rustic 65mm

The real name of the brick is "Rustic" but we call it "Zig Zag" rustic - because it seems to help our customers undertsand which brick we are talking about. We also stock it in "imperial" - see our brick No 22 - in our Imperial Brick Section.

It is a frogged brick (with a hollowed out interior) - which usually contains a name & some numbers. When we've enquired of the makers- they've told us that the numbers are not a clue to the type of the brick. Names we've seen on the frogs include :- LBC, London Brick, Fletton, Redland, Phorpes - to name but a few.

The texture is very distinctive. There used to be a Vertical lines rustic version (no zig) - we've got a match for that too. See our brick No 27.

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TUDOR 65MM RED DIMPLED MULTI

SO THIS IS "TUDOR"!

We're often asked for Tudor bricks. Sometimes people mean this brick - other times it's just the name of a brick someone mentioned to someone else in a pub. What's it all about?

LBC Tudor was one of the most popular bricks in the UK for many years - particularly 1955 to about 1980. It was very popular with the larger house builders and if a Builders Merchant is going to stock any brick - for a long time - this is the one we noticed they tended to choose. That's why - we believe - the term "tudor brick" has almost become part of the English Language.

In reality - "tudor" is a London Brick with a frog ( a hollowed out interior) usually with LBC or something similar in the frog and a few numbers. The face is red with DIMPLES in the texture. The dimples have varied over the years. Sometimes they are more like someone has pushed their thumb into the face of the brick a few times - other times they are more like subtle "hills". As the brick is self firing (Oxford Clay) we have seen a great deal of colour variation in the brick over the years. It also has a characteristic blue pach in the brick.

If this is the texture you want - but the colour doesn't seem right - check out our brown version (brick No 165) & the grey multi version ( brick No 59). There is also a yellow version. WE ALSO HAVE A 73MM VERSION.

There are also some other bricks that have the word "tudor" as part of their name.

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Red Dragface 65mm

"Plain" ish Red Dragface 65mm

This brick looks alot like a smooth red engineering brick but with a dragface texture ( like little squarish holes all over the surface texture of the brick). For a more colour varied version - see our brick No 799. For a more orange one with blue cigar shaped pathces- see our brick No 619.

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SMOOTH RED CLASS B 65MM

Class B Engineering ("Derbyshire") 65mm

Class B engineering bricks (like this one) are officially sold for their water absorption and crushing strength ONLY and their overall appearance is not normally guaranteed. For a more uniform smooth red - consider using a "Smooth Red Facing Brick" (But they usually cost more).

This brick has tended to have a nice colour variation over the last few decades that we have been stocking it. It tends to be very smooth - not quite as smooth as glass- but getting there. Its usually a mid orange red colour. We officially only see them for strength but you are welcome to inspect them in the yard & you may get a pleasent surprise.

We also supply a 73mm version. (See our brick no 524).

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