Made by the London Brick Company, they get their name from the fact they were pressed twice in each direction (double the normal number of presses) during their manufacture, making them denser than most bricks.

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I know it's a bit geeky, even for me, but I love the herring bone pattern on the Phorpres bricks uses to build the 1930s Art Deco style Kelvin Court on Great Western Road in Glasgow.

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