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There is much texture in this detailed composition of one corner of the harbour, made by the slate stones of the breakwater wall, the heavy coiled ropes and the basketwork of the crab pots.

This range of 18th- and 19th-century cottages, some thatched, look across to the parish church, whose churchyard wall can be seen on the left.

St Peter's Church is all that remains of the older Winchcombe Abbey, and dates from the 15th century.

This building is still recognisable today, although a low wall has replaced the railing and the porch has a window.

This view shows the wall walk, originally passage- ways in the thickness of the third storey of the higher keep.

The traffic-free minor road meanders south between drystone walls through the dale, towards Grange and Rosthwaite.

A wall now protects the cliff behind the beach.

The waterwheel appears to have gone; the dark mark on the wall shows where it was located.

Built round an internal courtyard, Raby's defences included inner and outer curtain walls surrounded by a broad ditch.

For decades, just as in this picture, people have sun bathed along the sea wall.

The top of the sea wall provides additional seating and a pagoda shelter adorns the prom- enade.

This view looks in the opposite direction to view C136050, downhill to the heart of the Dutch Quarter, past the former Angel Inn dating from about 1450 and now well cared for by a firm of solicitors

Another view that clearly shows the 1883 promenade and sea wall.

A low wall gives protection from flooding.

Castrol House, on the corner of Balcombe Street and Marylebone Road, was completed in 1960, when it caused much comment for being London's first American-style curtain-walled office building.

The former plaster on the external walls was removed by misguided restoration work in 1889, which has exposed the unknapped flint.

Sidmouth's sea wall was first built in the 1830s, though the attempts to create a satisfactory harbour failed.

This great sea wall and jetty dates back to the time of King Edward I, though stormy seas has meant its constant rebuilding and repair.

The River Leam and All Saints' Church from the suspension bridge.

This charming hut has a thatched roof, leaded windows and ivy-clad walls.

A letterbox is set in the wall.

This photograph illustrates how the Victorian sea wall was designed to throw back the waves in a Channel gale.

The walls and towers surrounding the county gaol, court house and Clifford's Tower were not medieval.

They were rebuilt slowly from 1297 to 1430; their size was set by the larger-than-life Herbert de Losinga's Norman cloisters, whose outer walls survived the 1272 fire.