Field to Facade: What the eighteenth-century architecture of West Street in Farnham, Surrey, can reveal about the local economy and class culture in that period.

The town of Farnham, in Surrey, is home to an impressive number of eighteenth-century townhouses. Fundamentally, the architecture can reveal the extent to which the hop trade came to dominate the local economy and influence the city’s Georgian architecture. This article was submitted to the Local/Community History Competition of 2024/2025.
AUTHOR: THOMAS COWELL