Prices start at 145,000 for a small one-bedder, rising to 495,000 for the largest, a three-bedroom, three-bathroom property over two floors, with original beams.

Rooms have exposed stone walls and original beams, modern art, wicker sofas and designer lamps.

It has some of the nicest rooms around, with original beams and dazzling silver decor.

It has original beams, a stylish kitchen/diner and a garden that leads through gates to a river.

The laws of classical physics predict that the collection of condensed silver atoms on the plate should form a thin solid line in the same shape as the original beam.