what type of brick wall is this?

[rogerdygas]

I'm in the process of buying a terraced house I ssuspect to be built around the 1920s, the walls on the outside look unusual and I would like to know if anybody knowe what they are called.

They look like this from the side.

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[rogerdygas]

The above pic didn't turn out right I'll try again
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Also the bottom and top is all brick and not rendered.

 

[stuart45]

It looks like a plinth brick, which thickens the wall at the bottom.

 

[rogerdygas]

Why would they construct a house with a plinth?

 

[^woody^]

To hold the top half of the house up?

Or because it looks nice?