<P> Overhead plan for alternate courses of monk bond of one brick's thickness </P> <P> The colour - coded plans highlight facing bricks in the east - west wall . An elevation for this east - west wall is shown to the right . </P> <P> This bond has three stretchers between every header, with the headers centred above the midpoint of three stretchers in the course below . </P> <P> The bond's horizontally extended proportion suits long stretches of masonry such as garden walls or the run of brickwork over a ribbon window; conversely, the bond is less suitable for a surface occupied by many features, such as a Georgian façade . The relatively infrequent use of headers serves to make Sussex bond one of the less expensive bonds in which to build a wall, as it allows for the bricklayer to proceed rapidly with run after run of three stretchers at a time . </P>

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