Brick bats and closures
Where necessary, bricks can be cut to special sizes or shapes, for example to finish off a wall at the corners.
Bricks that are cut along their length are sometimes referred to as closers, while those cut across their width are referred to as brick bats. Some common types of closers and brick bats include:
- Queen closer (half)
- Queen closer (quarter)
- King closer
- Beveled closer
- Mitred closer
- Standard bat
- Half bat
- Three-quarter bat
- Beveled bat.
NB Short Guide: Traditional Scottish Brickwork, published, on 1 March 2014 by Historic Environment Scotland, defines a closer brick as: ‘A brick cut or specifically moulded to expose a half header on the face of a wall and used to complete bonding patterns.’
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