The architect with a passion for saving Britain's industrial heritage takes on a new grand design in a Worcestershire village.

David Hutchings was a pioneer in preserving the nation's waterways. In the 1960s he predicted how the UK's canal and river network could be repurposed for leisure transport while still retaining its historic links with the country's industrial past. He oversaw the restoration of part of the River Avon to water traffic and was an early exponent of preserving industrial architecture.

While the government was running down the canal and river network it was also decimating the railway system. Although Hutchings was unable to save the Tewkesbury to Birmingham line from Doctor Beeching's axe, he did manage to preserve a bridge, and even chose to live under it. The bridge in question is at Harvington in Worcestershire and, as Tony Francis finds out, architect Hutchings' unusual home is a good deal more comfortable than 'living underneath the arches' might suggest.

The latest project of waterways enthusiast David Hutchings, who has built a home under a Worcestershire railway bridge.