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The Britannia ale house, which stood on the corner of the High Street and North Street, was believed to be one of the earliest houses in the town and had monastic connections.

It had already been popular with wealthy city merchants for a century or so, and much housing development had taken place along the High Street.

Notice how the limestone roof slates are smaller at the ridge, becoming larger as they descend towards the eaves of this fine old house.

There is a timeless quality about this picture: apart from some painting, the houses have changed little in the years since the photograph was taken.

The brick building between is still called London House, a sure clue to a former shop – there is another London House at Ixworth. Now all the shops have closed except for the one directly ahead.

The house in the foreground, built in 1820, was the church school house until 1896, when it became known as the Church Rooms.

The appointment of a public preacher was paid from these funds, and this house was built in 1611 to house the town's Preacher.

Built on the site of the 12th-century priory of the Holy Trinity, this marvellous Tudor country house almost became a housing estate in the late 19th century.

His father was steward to Sir James Lowther, and moved to the house in 1766. The house overlooks the River Derwent and has a delightful garden and terrace. It is now in the care of the National Trust.

Dorfold Hall was built for Ralph Wilbraham between the years 1616 and 1621, although the lodge house, shown here, dates from 1862.

Gonville and Caius College is on the left, along with James Gibbs' elegant Senate House, where students are awarded their degrees.

Earlier in the century, the half-timbered building housed a pair of shops. They are now private dwellings. Like the white house next door, they date from the 16th century.

Brackenwood House, shown here covered in Virginia creeper, dates back to the 1880s. It was purchased by Bebington Council in the 1920s for use as council offices.

The King William IV public house, dating from 1862, is the first in a row of noteworthy buildings in Vantorts Road.

Constructed c1600, this was probably a yeoman farmer`s house associated with the Hallingbury Park estate. It was later split into two cottages, one of which was the local police house.

In 1933 a house clearance and house building scheme was developed at Broadwaters.

An estate village of Hollycombe, a Tudor-style house of c1900. Chapel Common has a quaint 16th-century chapel in a wood, with a new church of St Luke built nearby in 1878.

Rising above Canada House we can see the 18-storey New Zealand House, which opened in 1965.

This is a scene of contrasts, featuring Manor Cottage, an 18th-century thatched stone-built house, and the dull 1960s house to the left. The bus shelter remains, but re-roofed in sheet metal.

To the right of the arch is Apsley House, one of only two or three of Piccadilly's great houses to survive.

We see good examples of slate-hung houses; these slates are large, and they have even been used to board up the windows of the disused house on the right.

Crichel House 1904. Princess Charlotte, the only child of the loveless marriage between George IV and Caroline of Brunswick, made Crichel House her home for a time.

The shingle spire of All Saints Church rises above the surrounding houses, while halfway up the hill is the Tudor timbered Old Wool House, in which the fleeces of sheep were washed.

The Custom House is a memorial to the importance and value of sea trade to King's Lynn.