Later in the day I trundled down to Backwell, skirting the lorry that had got stuck under and damaged the railway bridge in Station Road to see a very pleasant bungalow built in the late 1960’s, by a builder of repute, and “…ther ain’t many of they around!”. It was absolutely fine and my Clients can go safely ahead with their purchase, because the property was good testament to the builder. It has weathered well, there being hardly a crack anywhere, a roof in fine condition, along with the rainwater goods, replacement windows etc, etc. All my Client has to do, is to modernise it and enjoy the view up towards the woods…   more »

Francis Greenway was an influential Clifton architect who lost his way and started forging financial documents. He was sentenced to death, but this was commuted to 14 years deportation, and he arrived as a ‘gentleman (small ‘g’) convict in Australia! He so impressed the Governor (capital ‘g’, here) McQuarie, that he was allowed to set up an architectural practice, and upon gaining a pardon, he went onto design some of Sydney’s most famous buildings. The property that I saw today was a pleasant garden flat that was reasonably dry, it was dry, and has a large garden with which my Client, a landscape gardener, can do his thing, and maybe he will have a road named after him, as we did for poor old Francis…   more »