To Hoxton Square. When I first moved to London this little patch of green was home to the legendary White Cube gallery and loads of clubs that were hard to get into and not as fun as you thought they’d be. The White Cube has moved to Bermondsey and the bars and clubs are now more about artisan food than listening to Roni Size while someone spills a pint on your combat trousers. The square is a still a delight, an oasis in one of London’s busiest villages. Fitting then that for London Design Festival this week, it is home to this adorable shepherd’s hut. The shock of the rural.

The hut has been fitted out by kitchen brand British Standard, and perfectly encapsulates their design ethos of simplicity, warmth and soul. It demonstrates that your kitchen doesn’t have to be the size of a mega-basement, with two dishwashers and an oven that could cater a conference. Instead this kitchen highlights how nice natural materials are to work with, and on. How something crafted to be so simple that it lasts for decades is a thing of beauty in itself.

I loved the old-fashioned larder-style latches on the doors, and the flourish of a curvy brass tap, designed for a boat. The hut that we saw today was also styled up with wooden utensils and blue and white Cornishware. I’ll be taking my Cornishware bowl back off the cat when I get home.

And if you’re passing Hoxton Square this week – whether to see your agent, your dealer, your hairdresser or your Nan – I urge you to stick your head inside the hut. Once inside it’s very hard to leave.