Brick walls only partly mortared have been used on the Lichfield Canal for over 220 years.
All the bricks used in this wall, which is not a structural retaining wall, are recovered and recycled from existing abandoned heritage structures along the canal, or recovered from the the soil that was used to infill the old canal. By recycling bricks and by using less mortar, this makes it a low carbon project.
The open brick joints will also become bug hotels, a habitat for solitary bees, as well provide a root hold for wild plants. We will also plant trees and shrubs in the ground along the top of this wall in the autumn.
