Popularized in England, these wavy walls actually use less bricks than a straight wall because they can be made just one brick thin, while a straight wall - without buttresses - would easily topple over.
These wavy walls are also known as: crinkle crankle walls, crinkum crankum walls, serpentine walls, or ribbon walls. The alternate convex and concave curves in the wall provide stability and help it to resist lateral forces.
The county of Suffolk seems to be home to countless examples of these crinkle crankle walls.
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