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When you’re planning a building project, sourcing materials and visualising exactly how you want your new home or extension to look is exciting.
What’s not so exciting? Having to align material costs to your budget.
To help you navigate it, we’ve created this guide outlining what you can expect to pay for different types of facing bricks in 2025.
| Brick Type | Average Guide Price (per 1000) |
Key Characteristics |
|---|---|---|
| Handmade Bricks | £950 – £2520+ (ex. VAT) £1140 – £3024+ (inc. VAT) |
Wide variety of colours Traditional creased texture Can have aged, weathered and reclaim finishes |
| Extruded Bricks | £480 – £1985 (ex. VAT) £576 – £2382 (inc. VAT) |
Range of colours Various textures Can have weathered or aged finishes |
| Pressed Bricks | £600 – 2100 (ex. VAT) £720 – 2520 (inc. VAT) |
Range of colours Various textures Can have weathered finish |
A note on prices: The figures in this guide reflect industry averages for facing bricks (Autumn/Winter 2025). They are intended as a starting point for budgeting and comparing brick types before requesting direct quotes.
Prices do not represent the full range of products from any single manufacturer or supplier. The final cost of your chosen bricks will be influenced by factors like finish, order quantity and your chosen manufacturer/supplier.
Naturally, the first place you’re going to look for pricing information is online.
Well, we did a bit of research and found that unless we were looking for a specific brick and subsequently its price, we got a bit stuck.
It’s all a little vague. We found rough guestimates of anything from a couple of hundred pounds (£’s) for common bricks to £3500+ per 1000 for premium linear bricks.
That’s without even mentioning all the different pack sizes and corresponding sizes, making it difficult to compare prices across the board.
This wide range and lack of guidance information makes budgeting feel impossible.
The induced frustration is why we’ve created this guide, so you get a better idea of what you can expect to pay for different types of bricks in 2025.
Before you think it, yes, we’ve just given you a wide bracket overview for brick types above, but we’re going to break these down further so you can understand what drives different price structures.
If cost wasn’t a factor you’d choose the luxury, most expensive-looking materials. Don’t say you wouldn’t, we won’t believe you.
Although many materials you choose to fit your budget can be changed in several years to come, we’re afraid bricks aren’t one of them.
Now there are options to render, paint and even clad over brickwork with brick slips, but choosing the best option for your budget now is going to save you time and money long term.
To help you make the best choice for your budget, we’re focusing a deeper dive into clay facing bricks (the ones you see on the outside of a building) as they’re the ones you’ll probably want the most choice input in.
Of all brick types, handmade facing bricks are the most labour-intensive to produce.
Following traditional manufacturing methods, the bricks are moulded, partially dried, stacked in a kiln, removed and sorted by hand.
This fetches a premium price point when compared with machine made bricks.
Costs can vary significantly based on different finishing options available such as custom weathering, ageing and colour blending.
Cost Driver: Standard colours (can have natural shade variation from firing) and no post processing or custom finishes keeps costs down
Selling Point: Genuine handmade bricks at an accessible price point, suitable for most types of projects
Cost Driver: Added processes like weathering faces and blending different colours requiring more complex sorting. Imperial sizes also tend to fall into this category.
Selling Point: Achieves an authentic, established look ideal for characterful new builds and extensions, without the additional cost and complexity of customised finishes
Cost Driver: Processes such as custom colour blending, tumbling and bespoke ageing all increase labour and production time. Linear bricks tend to fall into and surpass this category due to their larger size.
Selling Point: Delivers authentic character through custom colour blending and unique handcrafted finishes, especially for luxury new builds, extensions and conservation work
| Price Tier | Average Guide Price (per 1000) |
Cost Driver | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry-Level | £1140 – £1464 (inc. VAT) | Standard production | Genuine handmade aesthetic with smaller budgets |
| Mid-Range | £1464 – £2040 (inc. VAT) | Added finishing processes | Traditional aged and weathered looks with moderate budgets |
| Premium | £2040 – £3024+ (inc. VAT) | Bespoke finishes Custom blends |
Bespoke aesthetics |
Extruded bricks are manufactured by machines in large volumes at efficient speeds, making them a cost effective facing brick choice.
Also known as wirecut bricks, they’re produced by forcing clay through a brick-shape die before being cut by wires.
They’ll have a smooth or dragfaced texture (from the wires), unless custom textures are applied with rollers before cutting.
Costs are driven by the complexity of the face texture and whether additional finishing processes are applied after firing.
Cost Driver: Standard colours with minimal variations produced quickly in mass quantities; prices are kept low with no additional finishing processes
Selling Point: Quality, consistent look for a budget-friendly price point, often the go-to choice for large-scale housing developers
Cost Driver: Pre-extrusion processes offer various texture options and post-firing finishes create aged and weathered looks, both increasing production time
Selling Point: Choice of different textures and established looks, generally with a shorter lead time compared to handmade bricks
| Price Tier | Average Guide Price (per 1000) |
Cost Driver | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry-Level | £576 – £1020 (inc. VAT) | Mass production and standard finishes | Large scale builds with smaller budgets |
| Mid-Range to Premium | £1020 – £2382 (inc. VAT) | Complex textures and post-firing ageing finishes | Achieving textured/aged looks with larger budgets |
Pressed bricks are made by mechanically compacting prepared clay into brick moulds under high pressure. This creates uniform, sharp-edged bricks with smooth faces.
The process is not as fast as extruded manufacture, but quicker than handmade.
Budget-wise, they tend to fall in the middle of the three brick types – cheaper than handmade, but can be more costly than extruded bricks.
Cost Driver: Simple, standard colours with consistent finishes produced in volume
Selling Point: Precise, sharp-edged bricks with a classic, non-varied appearance which are best suited for contemporary modern builds
Cost Driver: Different textures and custom finishes such as weathering and ageing increase production time and labour costs
Selling Point: Precision of pressed bricks but with added character and aged details, making them ideal for matching older properties
| Price Tier | Average Guide Price (per 1000) |
Cost Driver | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry-Level | £720 – £1200 (exc. VAT) | Mass production and standard finishes | Modern-style new builds with smaller budgets |
| Mid-Range to Premium | £1200 – £2520 (exc. VAT) | Non-smooth textures and post-firing ageing finishes | Achieving textured, established looks with larger budgets |
There are quite a few factors that determine how much a brick costs. Things such as size, type, colour, finish and quantity can all impact the final price you pay.
We’ll go over some of the biggest ones to give you a better understanding.
Brick costs can vary greatly depending on the type of brick you want. The manufacturing method will dictate how labour intensive the bricks are to make, which is a large contributing factor to the overall cost.
At the lower end of the scale, you tend to see common bricks. They’re mostly used for internal walls or are rendered over so you can’t see them.
Interesting fact for you – common bricks are in fact not very common anymore. They were mostly used to build properties pre-1970 and it’s unlikely you’ll be looking for them specifically.
At the higher end you usually have handmade bricks, often with blended colour shades and/or tumbled and aged finishes.
Machine made bricks tend to sit somewhere in the middle, but if they go through any finishing processes after firing in the kiln that can bump the price up.
Another factor that affects brick prices in the UK is size.
The standard brick size in the UK is known as metric size, and has been used extensively since its introduction in the 1970s.
Being the default size for new builds, metric sizes are manufactured in the biggest volumes to meet demand.
Sizes that differ from this are called imperial size. They’re usually bigger, which means to produce them you need bigger brick moulds, more clay, and they take up more space in the kiln so less bricks can be fired at once.
So, no surprise, they usually cost more than metrics.
This also applies to linear bricks (also known as long format). Though sometimes thinner than metrics, they’re a lot longer and face the same production requirements as imperial sizes.
Custom blends and finishes refers to anything that is done to enhance the look of bricks after they’ve come out of the kiln.
To create a blend, different colour shades of bricks are intentionally mixed together during the packing process. This avoids a uniform look and gives the finished brickwork a varied and natural character.
Finishes describe anything that is added or done to the bricks after they come out the kiln and before packing – like aging and tumbling. For example, our bricks that are made to replicate the look of genuine reclaims have their faces aged and weathered, then are put through a tumbling process to give them a rough-edged look.
Some of these processes can be done by hand, some are mechanical, or a mix of both. Either way, they all incur extra labour and material costs which will increase the price compared with bricks packed straight from the kiln.
The quantity of bricks you are ordering can affect the price you pay.
On the lower end of the scale, say you need 350 bricks for some remedial work and go to purchase, but the pack size is 400.
Many brick suppliers will only allow you to purchase a full pack, so you’ll need to round up the quantity and pay for the additional bricks.
Some brick suppliers may allow you to ‘split’ the pack, meaning they’ll take out what you don’t need. It’s an ideal solution to save you buying bricks you don’t need, but you may have to pay a repacking cost.
On the opposite end of the scale, if you’re ordering 30,000+ bricks for example, many brick suppliers/manufacturers will offer you a bulk discount.
As well as the cost of the bricks, there are a few other things you’ll want to consider when calculating your brick budget.
Once you know how many bricks you need for your project, you need to add 5-10% extra for wastage.
Wastage accounts for any on-site brick cutting, damage during handling or transit, and human error. It also reduces the concern of accidentally under-ordering and running out of bricks.
Delivery costs will vary depending on where and who you’re ordering from.
Get a delivery cost with your quote and factor it into your budget – bricks are heavy, bulky and can be expensive to transport.
Additionally, make sure there’s enough room on site to store the bricks during the construction. Your builder will normally sort this out, but it’s something to be aware of.
The last thing you need is your delivery turning up and having nowhere to offload several packs of bricks! If this happens, you may incur redelivery charges.
If you’re building with bricks, don’t forget you’ll need to budget for mortar too.
Some builders will supply it for you, so you may want to discuss it with them before you get any prices.
With all the excitement of choosing your bricks, don’t forget about labour costs.
Depending on the size of your project, this may be a large portion of your budget and affect what you can spend on bricks, so make sure to get quotes!
As much as we’d love to give you a definitive price for bricks, they vary depending on what you’re looking for.
The cost of bricks is driven by the brick type, how they’re made, any finishes you choose, and the size and quantity you need.
From this guide however, you can note some average costs and use them as a starting point for your brick search.
Just remember to add other essential costs like wastage, delivery and labour. Being prepared for these early on saves unnecessary stress later.
Browse our range of metric and imperial size bricks, you can get a quote and order samples for a closer look.
We also offer a specialist brick matching service; send us a couple of photos of your existing bricks/brickwork and we’ll recommend the best match for you.