Most of old Savannah was built with Savannah Grey bricks rough in texture and reddish-brown in color. (The name refers to the color of the Savannah River clay before it was fired.) Contractors protest its softness, pourousness and irregularity, but Savannahians have come to love the brick that built their city. The Lovell Brick Company stopped producing them in 1910; the only way to build with these bricks today is to salvage them from old buidlings. Thankfully, the Flemings were able to do just that.

Mason Terry Wright and his crew reused the Savannah Greys from underneath the old porch to build up a veneer on the new addition. They raked excess mortar out of the joints, troweled them smooth and finally brushed them to match the house’s existing masonry. Behind the brick veneer, they left a small air space and laid a water-tight membrane against the wall to prevent moisture from penetrating into the building. Any moisture that might accumulate during Savannah’s steamy summers would run down between the membrane and the brick and out “weep holes,” small gaps in the brickwork at ground level.

Midnight in the Garden Apartment

2nd Floor:
Guest Bedroom | Guest Bath | Bedroom
Laundry | Master Bedroom | Master Bath | Attic