IN Brief:
- Persimmon’s internal brick supply operation is scaling alongside recovering housebuilding volumes.
- Brickworks supplied about 60 million bricks and block paving to 258 sites in 2025.
- Round-the-clock production and added capacity point to deeper in-house control of core envelope materials.
Persimmon has moved its Brickworks operation into continuous production as the housebuilder increases internal materials output to match rising build volumes. The facility, which produces concrete bricks and block paving for the group’s own developments, is now running 24 hours a day, seven days a week, after the introduction of a third shift to meet higher demand across the business.
The scale-up follows a year of strong growth in internal supply. Persimmon says Brickworks supplied around 60 million bricks and block paving to 258 sites during 2025, representing 56% of the group’s total brick usage for the year and a 23% increase in demand compared with 2024. The plant’s current capacity is about 70 million bricks a year, with further capacity being added during 2026.
That output sits inside a broader vertically integrated manufacturing model. Alongside Brickworks, Persimmon’s off-site production base includes the Space4 timber-frame business and Tileworks, its roof tile operation. Space4 supplied about 4,600 timber frame kits and roof systems to the group in 2025, up 36% year on year, while Tileworks supplied around 12 million tiles to 282 sites. Together, those operations give the group a larger direct role in controlling availability, sequencing, and quality across key building components.
The production increase is landing alongside a rise in housing output. Persimmon completed 11,905 homes in 2025, up 12% on the previous year, while average selling prices rose 4% to £278,203 and underlying operating profit increased 17% to £472.1m. The business has also guided for further volume growth in 2026, with a target range of 12,000 to 12,500 completions, making the resilience of core material supply more consequential than it would be in a flat market.
For site delivery, the practical effect is straightforward. A higher proportion of bricks, block paving, timber frames, and roof tiles is now being sourced from inside the group at the same time as build volumes are increasing, narrowing Persimmon’s exposure to external availability swings and giving its regional businesses a tighter link between factory output and site demand. With additional brick capacity being added during 2026, the company is pushing further toward a model in which more of the standard housing envelope is planned, produced, and scheduled in-house.
