Brickwork Battle
Bricklayers for Battle homes, from tile-hung High Street fronts to red brick Lower Lake terraces: repointing, garden walls, piers and matched repairs.
- Free site visit and written estimate
- Bricks matched to your home
- Fully insured
Bricklayers in Battle
Brickwork for an old ridge-top town
Bradford Brickwork repairs, repoints and builds brickwork for homeowners in and around Battle. Jobs run from a single cracked lintel or a leaning garden wall to the brickwork for a porch or an extension. We also repoint and rebuild chimney stacks, and we supply the bricks, blocks and mortar.
Battle stretches along a High Weald ridge, and many of its older houses mix brick with clay tile-hanging or render. When we repair a house like this, we match the brick, the mortar colour and the bond, so the new work sits quietly beside the old.
Planning a bigger project, such as a full extension or a new build? See our building work in Battle further down this page.
Our brickwork
Brickwork we do in Battle
Most of our work is for homeowners, from small repairs to the brickwork for a whole extension. We also take on commercial brickwork, and we supply all the materials the job needs.
01Extensions & porchesThe brickwork for extensions and porches, matched to your house.View service
02Garden walls, piers & pillarsFront garden walls, retaining walls, brick piers and pillars, plus patios.View service
03Repairs & repointingWorn mortar raked out and renewed, and damaged bricks replaced to match.View service
04Chimney stacksChimney stacks repaired, repointed or rebuilt.View service
05Lintels & openingsFailed lintels replaced and the brickwork above rebuilt to match.View service
06Foundations & materialsAll foundation work, with the bricks, blocks and mortar supplied.View serviceCommon brickwork jobs in Battle
Brick ground floors and plinths
Repointing and brick repairs to the ground-floor brickwork under tile-hung or rendered fronts, matched to the old work.
Red brick terrace repairs
Repointing, replacement bricks and new lintels on Victorian and Edwardian red brick terraces.
Old garden walls
Leaning or crumbling garden walls rebuilt or repointed, reusing sound bricks or sourcing reclaimed ones to match.
Front retaining walls
Low brick retaining walls rebuilt where front gardens sit above the pavement.
Builders in Battle
Builders in Battle, East Sussex
Few places in England carry as much history as Battle. The town grew up around Battle Abbey, built on the site of the 1066 Battle of Hastings, and its High Street is lined with historic buildings. Bradford Brickwork works as builders in Battle and the surrounding Rother countryside, taking on extensions, new builds, repointing and lintel work.
Building in a historic town
Battle’s centre is a mix of timber-framed, tile-hung and brick buildings from many centuries, with Victorian and later housing spread along the roads leading out of town. Beyond the edges sit farmhouses, cottages and newer homes across the High Weald. Older brickwork here deserves care, and any change to a property should respect the character around it.
Bricklayers and building contractors around Battle
In a town with this much history, finding a bricklayer in Battle who respects older brickwork matters. We cover Battle and its surrounding area for house extensions, new builds and repairs, working as building contractors across this corner of East Sussex.
Building services in Battle
Common building jobs in Battle
Adding a room to a country home
Detached houses and cottages outside the town often have space to extend. We build the extension and tie it into the house.
Weather-worn joints on an old elevation
On older properties the mortar can wear back over decades. Repointing renews the joints so the wall looks and performs better.
A lintel that needs replacing
Cracks over a window, or a sagging brick arch, may mean the support has failed. We replace lintels and window supports.
Local building character
Clay tile, red brick and refaced timber frames
The centre of Battle became a conservation area in 1971. Almost every building on High Street, Mount Street, Upper Lake and Lower Lake dates from the 1700s or earlier. The council describes a typical front as tile-hung upstairs over a brick ground floor or shopfront, with a roof of handmade clay tiles.
Many of these buildings are older than they look. The town did well from the iron industry in the 1600s and 1700s, and lots of houses were altered or refaced then. On the High Street, medieval timber-framed buildings were given a brick or stone skin with a parapet wall in front of the roof. These are often the rendered fronts you see today.
Each street has its own look. Upper Lake has simple Georgian-faced terraces in painted, rendered or bare brick, while Mount Street is known for white weatherboarding. Lower Lake is later, with Victorian and Edwardian terraces in rich red brick and front doors up short steps from low retaining walls. Behind the High Street, many long gardens end in a high wall of mellowed old brick.
Because the centre is a conservation area, some work that would normally be allowed needs planning permission here, including most outside changes such as extensions. Check with Rother District Council before work starts.
Why choose us
Why use us for brickwork in Battle
Local and reliable
We are based in Maresfield, East Sussex, about 21 miles from Battle by road. You get a reliable, trustworthy team who turn up when we say.
Clear costs from the start
A free site visit and a detailed written estimate. We agree the plan, the timings and the budget before we start, and we are upfront if anything could change the price.
Materials supplied
We supply everything the job needs, from bricks and blocks to lintels and mortar, so you have nothing to source yourself.
Insured and kept informed
We are fully insured, all work is completed to current building regulations, and we keep you up to date from start to sign-off.
Reviews
What customers say.
Checkatrade · 23 reviews
Checkatrade score based on 10 reviews from the last 12 months.
Repointing to gable and chimney.
A great job repointing the gable and chimney. Some of the bricks to the chimney needed replacing too. This was the second time of using Bradford Brickwork and as before we were very impressed. All work was completed on time despite a sudden downpour and the result looks great. Thanks very much!
Re-pointing front of Victorian house
Exceptionally high quality re-pointing work on front of Victorian house with lime mortar. The tradesmen were highly skilled and experienced and friendly and communicative. Highly recommended.
Repointing
Work was completed in a timely manner. I was happy with the quality of work and the fact that the site was kept tidy. If I have any more suitable work I will use them again.
Repointing
This was our first experience of having a wall repointed, but we needn't have worried. The team were friendly, polite and professional. Communication was good and they arrived and completed on time.
They did a great job and the wall looks great. I would certainly use Bradford Brickwork again.
Construction of retaining wall
Bradford Brickwork built a retaining wall in our garden, installing footings and a reinforced block wall to our engineer’s drawings. The team were very professional, extremely polite and they did an excellent job, completing the work on time and leaving the site in good order and I would recommend them to anyone with confidence.
Garden and patio redesign
Matt was able to discuss our patio and garden plans with us and and put them in to reality.
The end result is everything we had hoped for, we're really pleased with the result. We now have an eye-catching low maintenance garden.
We also had the house wall repointed.
Brick soldier course for lintel above window
Looked at pics and assessed the job, came to quote. Saw that it was urgent, as my replacement window couldn’t be fitted as the lintel was close to collapse. Matt booked in the job for the next day and 2 of his guys did the work. All very professional.
Superb Brickwork, Highly Recommended
The brickwork on our new‑build barn‑annex, including the chimney stack and a one‑metre perimeter wall, was completed to a superb standard. The team kept the site consistently tidy, worked with real pride, and showed genuine passion for the craft. Everyone was polite, respectful, and easy to deal with, making the whole process smooth from start to finish. Highly recommended for reliable, quality brickwork.
FAQs
Brickwork and building questions from Battle
Do I need planning permission for an extension in central Battle?
You may. The centre of Battle is a conservation area, and there planning permission is needed for some work that would otherwise be permitted development, including most outside changes such as extensions. Check with Rother District Council before work starts.
Can you match the old red brick on Lower Lake?
Yes. The Victorian and Edwardian terraces on Lower Lake are built in rich red brick. We match the brick, the mortar colour and the bond, and we can source reclaimed bricks where new ones would look too bright.
My High Street building has a brick front on an old timber frame. Can you repair the brickwork?
Often, yes. Many High Street buildings are medieval timber frames that were refaced with brick in the 1700s or 1800s. We look at the wall on a free site visit, check whether the building is listed and make sure any consent is in place before we start.
How far is Battle from you?
We are based in Maresfield, East Sussex, about 21 miles from Battle by road. We also cover Whatlington, Catsfield, Mountfield and Crowhurst.
Do you cover villages around Battle?
Battle is part of our service area. Get in touch with your address and we will confirm whether we can help.
What services do you offer?
Residential building, commercial building, brick repointing and structural work on lintels and window supports.
Why do old brick walls lose their mortar?
Rain, wind and frost slowly erode mortar over the decades, and joints on older buildings were never designed to last forever. When the joints recede or crumble, the wall becomes more open to water.
Do you work as builders in Battle, not just bricklayers?
Yes. As builders in Battle we build house extensions and new builds, take on commercial work and replace lintels and window supports, as well as all the brickwork on this page.
Book a visit
Brickwork in Battle? We’ll come and look.
Tell us about the job and we will arrange a free site visit, then send you a written estimate. Call 07771 393494 or email [email protected].
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