Brick maker hired for trio of residential building projects

The York Handmade Brick Company has played a significant role in three new North Yorkshire residential developments.

The Easingwold-based firm has supplied specially-manufactured bricks for contemporary developments at Tollerton, Raskelf and Stillington.

Altogether York Handmade provided more than 160,000 bricks for the three sites, developed by North Yorkshire-based Ambleside Homes.

The developments comprise four bungalows at Far Croft, Tollerton, due to be completed next spring; four bungalows at The Finches, Raskelf, completed this year; and five large family homes at Woodbyne Way, Stillington, completed last year.

Alun Nixon of York Handmade Brick commented: “It has been a privilege to play a part in creating some beautiful family homes in North Yorkshire for Ambleside.

“While we have recently completed some stunning commissions for residential and commercial developments in London and other UK cities, it is vitally important that we continue to provide our bricks to more local developers and for self-builders.

“It is especially gratifying to see how our bricks blend in seamlessly with the quintessentially rural landscapes of these three North Yorkshire villages.

We are deeply committed to the Vale of York, where we have been manufacturing bricks for the past 32 years, and it is a real pleasure to see our work being represented locally.”

Peter Mandefield, managing director of award-winning Ambleside Homes, explained: “The appearance of our houses is crucially important and York Handmade’s bricks, which have been specially made to fit in with – and enhance – the rural environment of these three villages, are perfect.

“Secondly, as developers, we are great believers in sustainability. Building our houses with locally sourced bricks, manufactured so close to our developments, is very important for us.

“Finally, we are very keen to boost the North Yorkshire economy. By ordering more than 160,000 bricks from York Handmade, we are doing our best to support a local company, which is very important indeed in these testing times.”

David Armitage, chairman of York Handmade, added: “Our flourishing relationship with Ambleside Homes is very important to us. It is tremendously gratifying to see our bricks being used so close to home.”