Knighton-Hammond set himself elevated above the town at the roadside to paint this panoramic view. There is much going on in this composition and the spectator’s eye is guided around the artwork looking at the chickens in the foreground, following the road down the hill observing the lively figures, the local vernacular architecture of the buildings and church, the landscape in the background and returning to the seated figure on the right adjacent to the boundary wall. The artist uses clean washes of colour to achieve light, space and maximum luminosity, the technique which he perfected, giving this watercolour a clear and distinctive style. There is a brilliant rendition of the construction materials of the buildings and the high boundary wall. Executed with delicacy and control, one feels the artist was wholly immersed in his art which was fuelled by a profound love of the natural world.