The church of St Leonard was the only one of the four to be demolished. In 1978, Farrar was appointed to restore the nave and chancel of St Paul's Church, Bedford. He also restored the west gallery at the church. St Paul's has been described as being of cathedral proportions. Farrar was elected to the Great Barford parish council in 1959 which he served for 21 years and was, towards the end of his tenure, its Chairman. He was Honorary Treasurer of the Bedfordshire Parish and Town Council Committee, a President of the Faculty of Architects and Surveyors, a member of the Architects’ Benevolent Society, Chairman of the Bedford Society, a member of the Great Ouse Restoration Society and an organiser of the Bedford River Festival. As consultant architect for the Bedford Society and at his own expense, Farrar funded a restoration package for the Priory Terrace in Bedford, 20-48 Bromham Road, a regency style building that was scheduled for demolition in 1970. He was able to secure a developer, Kingsbury Securities, to turn the property into offices and flats and the building is now one of Bedford’s landmarks. Farrar died on 23 August 2007 at Wilden, Bedfordshire, England. His obituary in "The Guardian" stated that ‘he put a training in classical design techniques to good use in his speciality of building restoration’. Farrar’s obituary in his old school magazine reflected that at the time ‘it was rare to find a professional willing to take a public stand against the post war establishment, which in Bedford, as in many towns, saw little merit in the preservation of what we now call heritage’. Farrar was survived by his wife, Denise, and his children, Roxana and Nicholas.