Many commentators have already read the last rites to buy-to-let property investment, citing successive governments’ relentless persecution of the private landlord over the past decade. I prefer to think of the sector not as dead, but as a giant nonchalantly sleeping.

The importance of understanding how monarchical, political and military history has shaped British architecture and the modern housing market is often undervalued.

As someone passionate about both property and history, I feel well placed to help homeowners and selling agents understand how the period of a property has shaped and will continue to shape the dynamics of the homes we own, buy and sell.