Brickwork, Landscaping & Driveways in Sudbury

A brick-making town

Sudbury has a long connection with brick. Brickworks at Ballingdon, on the Essex side of the river, sent pale Suffolk bricks down the Stour by barge, and the town’s Georgian and Victorian streets show both red and white brickwork, sometimes on the same building. Former weavers’ houses and silk mills add to the variety.

For repair work, that variety is the challenge. A patch in the wrong colour or size is obvious, so we take time over the match and will recommend reclaimed bricks where new ones will not blend.

By the river

Parts of Sudbury lie low beside the Stour and its water meadows. In those areas, garden levels, drainage falls and the choice between permeable and solid surfacing deserve extra care, and it is sensible to keep paving and ground levels well below the damp-proof course of the house.