York Handmade, based at Alne, near Easingwold, had to manufacture new bricks, which matched the old building perfectly.
The old bricks were particularly difficult to match because of their unique nature - the original bricks were handmade on site
from clay excavated from the canal basin itself, and so the quality is variable and the size is bespoke.

York Handmade chairman David Armitage commented: We have been able to emulate the appearance of these original bricks,
using a mix of three brick types at a standard agreed size - these new bricks have been used for individual brick replacements,
local re-building in numerous areas, and the reinstatement of the missing upper storeys of the Murray Street Block North.