Styles of Flintwork
Flint occurs naturally in beds of chalk or limestone. Its shape, colour and texture varies widely depending on the particular geological conditions at the time of formation. Flint has been used as a building material for hundreds of years, and over time, craftsmen have learned to exploit it's aesthetic potential to produce an incredible variety of styles and finishes.
Quarried snapped flint with interlocking design.
Chalk blocks and lime mortar.
Snapped and knapped cobble
Coursed cobble with birds beak pointing.
Gallets are decorative flint shards pushed into the mortar.
Classic utility flintwork, common in boundry walls and Sussex buildingd.
Using the white rind of the flint nodule as a decorative feature.
Very tight jointed flintwork, seen mostly on prestige architecture.
More random interlocking design, showing how varying flint, mortar and jointing change the style.