The award-winning York Handmade Brick Company has helped to restore
an historic Valve House belonging to British Waterways to its former glory.
had been badly damaged by a car. British Waterways have praised York
Handmade, based at Alne, near Easingwold, for doing “an excellent job”.
York Handmade was approached by British Waterways at the end of last year to provide matching bricks to rebuild the
dilapidated building.
Mark Laksevics of York Handmade explained: “Special bricks were required to match the original surviving bricks for colour,
texture, size and shape. We used more than 1,000 Benchmould Lindum Blend radial stretchers and 255 radial header specials
to achieve the circular coursing and original bond pattern. “British Waterways were keen to ensure that the building work
would be using traditional materials and building methods and we were happy to oblige. That is our strength,” he added.