Caption For Abercairny, House 1899
Built between 1804 and 1844 by Richard Crichton and the Dickson brothers for Charles and James Moray, Abercairny was a break with what had become a traditional approach to the design of country houses.
Caption For Clayton West, Long Lane C1955
landscapes; to the left, corn is stacked up in stooks ready for harvesting, while to the right, behind the houses, a chimney and the huge shape of the spoil tip of the pit which gave the village its name breaks
Caption For Amersham, High Street C1955
From further west this view gives a good idea of the Georgian and later brick
frontages added to the mainly 17th century timber-framed cottages lining the High
Street and giving the town its distinctive
Caption For Adel, The Church 1891
The ornate tomb on the left is
inscribed 'Until the day break and the shadows flee away'; it is a
monument to the Hirst family, and was first used in 1884.
Caption For Haywards Heath, South Road 2005
still is, the main east/west route
through the town, passing St Wilfrid's
Church and Victoria Park with distant
views of the South Downs; it encouraged
en route travellers to stop and have a
break
Caption For Great Meols, Railway Inn C1965
The original inn could not be demolished until the new pub was built, because at the time the licence had to be transferred from one premises to the other without a break in trading.
Caption For Chesham, High Street 1921
Dating from about 1912 and now the NatWest Bank, it is in Queen Anne style using grey brick with fiery red brick dressings, deep modillioned eaves and large pedimented dormers.