I spent a sadly damp half day at Farnham, Surrey visiting 1, Middle Avenue, an admirable new build house, using elements of an arts-and-craft vernacular, but in a modern way, which has been long listed for the Stirling Prize and, if the prize has an interest in private housing, should be on the short list as well.

I then wandered round the town, or what’s left of it, in the drizzle. They have kept the fine Georgian streetscapes, but everything else seemed to be a sea of motorcars, including all parked in the historic Castle Street – a pity for a town which is described as architecturally exceptional and probably once was before being blighted by 4x4s:-