An architecturally unique, residential property situated on the banks of the River Thames. Ballihoo comprises both modern and traditional styles of brickwork and was voted 'Best Single House' in the Brick Awards 2000.
The development was featured in Brick Bulletin on Summer 2000, an excerpt from which follows:
"A blend of orange-red stock bricks was chosen as the main brick, with blue engineering bricks for the first few courses in the piers, which seem to ground them to the riverbank. It's a formula altogether sympathetic to Reading's brickwork tradition, in a modern, stripped down manifestation. Little is allowed to detract from the rhythm, drama and sculpted quality of the piers. Openings are marked with projecting double creasing tiles, with brick on edge at heads and with canted brick sills. The brickwork was not without challenge for the bricklayers - particularly with the settling out for each pier; there was a mere 3mm tolerance."