| The front of the studio building used to be a drab slab of rundown Victorian brickwork. |
| The brickwork was being pointed up and painters were carefully applying fresh coats of white paint to doors and lintels. |
| It was painted a horrible cream colour completely covering the beautiful old brickwork. |
| It was considered unsightly, and always covered with either a cement render or a skin of brickwork. |
| It featured exuberant decorative patterns, designs in the brickwork and wooden attachments. |
| Ideally you should point the brickwork after the bricks have been laid long enough for the mortar to start to set. |
