RENEW North Staffordshire restored bricks on 70 terraced houses designed by renowned local brick maker John Nash Peake. It was part of a £1.3 million project to revitalise the area. The Knutton Terraces Heritage Works project used materials that complement and enhance original features of the properties. Chimney pots, doors and windows were also replaced and, where appropriate, other architectural features such as boot scrapers were restored. Many of the homes also benefitted from new rear alleyway boundary walls and gates, new roofs and guttering as well as freshly-painted brickwork. This picture, taken in November 2006, shows the decorative brickwork on one of the properties prior to restoration. The Knutton and Cross Heath Area of Major Intervention (AMI) is made up of the Knutton Village and the Knutton and Cross Heath estates.