What a pleasant change to be greeted by a bright red door as opposed the usual, boring green front door that many people seem to favour. I thought that green was supposed to be unlucky, unless, of course you are Irish. Today the road I was in was probably named after Horfield Court farm that was bought ‘the Government’ in 1843. It was knocked down to build Horfield barracks on the land, that were themselves knocked down in the 1960’s Fortunately the house that I saw was still standing and, in fairness it has stood the test of time well. It was largely in good condition and free from major defect. The Bath stone had been cleaned and it was looking good. I think I’ll give it a red star…   more »