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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. Much of the present structure dates from 1825.

The walls were at least two feet thick and, in some buildings, even thicker - with handy hidden rooms that could be used to conceal both contraband and smugglers.

Opposite is a garage, and on the wall is an advertisement for Rigden & Son, Decorators and Plumbers.

This tower was built in 1322 as an outwork to the tower on the north-west corner of the wall.

The large barrel on the left would seem at odds with the notion of a cocktail bar today, not to mention the array of fuse boxes and meters on the wall.

The church has 13th-century walls, 14th-century arches supported by Norman piers and a fascinating old door.

The stone cottages to the left also remain, but the grass paddock enclosed by the stone wall has now given way to more modern

Brunel, showing considerable foresight, did not cut Dawlish off from the sea when he built his railway, but incorporated its walls into a splendid promenade which can be followed all the way to Dawlish

In contrast to the impressively wide and well-built promenades to be seen in Llandudno and elsewhere, the fallen rubble wall on the left here and the submerged groynes give the impression

The house on the right was once an inn called the Perserverance. The mark of the inn sign can be seen on the wall above the arched doorways.

The village stood close to a gate in the 'Monks' Wall' which encompassed the vast Fountains Abbey estate, and the village's name may refer to a gate which had been burned at some time.

Opposite, Bell Cottage and Wall Cottage are virtually unchanged. The cyclist is passing Mrs Davy's grocery and draper's shop at the corner of Parsonage Hill.

There is a striking coat of arms high up on the wall of Mitre House.

The 1898 addition of a clerestory to the chancel can easily be seen here, as can the painted notice on the churchyard wall indicating that to the right it was 70 yards to a water supply,

The adjoining walls and buildings were subsequently destroyed so that traffic bypassed the gate.

The low wall and gatepost on the left belong to the Foresters' Hall, which was used by the Ministry of Health and Social Security after the Second World War.

At the southern end of the Close is Harnham Gate, one of the three gates that served the cathedral; it is contemporary with the original 14th-century cathedral wall.

Behind the partially collapsed brick wall on the right is the garden of Whitehall.

Additional space was found by remodelling the Great Hall to create twelve barrack rooms. The work included inserting additional floors, cross walls, staircases, windows and doorways.

Pebbles and sand extend below the Royal Standard; we look eastwards from deck-chairs, boats and canvas shelters to the North Wall of the harbour and the coast from Charmouth and Stonebarrow Hill to Golden

The sign on the creeper-clad walls of the Old Bridge Hotel proclaim it as 'one of England's best'.

Looking along the broad sweep of Lyme Bay toward the eminence of Barton Cliff, with the protective harbour walls jutting out to sea, and the signal mast of the coastguard station clearly visible.

The college gardens are bordered on two sides by the ancient city wall.

An English Borough that excluded the Welsh as residents was laid out also, and both Castle and Borough were enclosed within a protected town wall.