A NORTH Yorkshire brick maker has played a pivotal role in the creation of a new library at Magdalene College, Cambridge. York Handmade Brick Company, based at Alne, near Easingwold, supplied more than 300,000 bricks for the £17 million building at the historic college. The contract is worth £300,000 for York Handmade, one of the leading independent brickmakers in the UK. David Armitage, chairman of York Handmade, said: “It was a tremendous honour to be asked to provide our bricks for such a prestigious project. Magdalene has a rich cultural heritage and this stunning new building reflects this. “The finished building is absolutely magnificent and provides a wonderful place for Magdalene students to work. It is one of our flagship projects over the past few years and we are proud of what we have achieved.