Brick tie anchor

A masonry anchor for tying a masonry veneer wall to a stud back-up wall, the anchor comprising a generally planar anchor plate of corrosion resistant steel having an outer coupling end for projection beyond the stud back-up wall and connection to a veneer tie wire and an inner anchoring end for securement to a web of a stud of the stud back-up wall, the anchor plate being provided with a plurality of holes therethrough in the inner anchoring end for accepting a fastening means for fastening the anchor to the web of the stud of the stud back-up wall, a backing plate of an inert non-conductive material for positioning between the inner anchoring end of the anchor plate and a the stud of the stud back-up wall, the backing plate being provided with raised structures on a face thereof sized to be contained within the holes in the inner anchoring end of the anchor plate to allow a shank of the fastening means to pass through the raised structure without contacting the inner anchoring end of the anchor plate.