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Patrick and Neri have breathed new life into a building that has functioned as an emporium since 1739
‘I love things that are beautifully designed and made. Things that celebrate the material they are made from and the skill and craft of their maker’

It could be viewed as something of a miracle or, perhaps, just blind good luck that a city council supports an independent business over a global chain in 21st-century Britain. Yet, six years ago, Patrick and Neri Williams were handed

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