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These solid stone cottages, and the George Inn on the left, exhibit the robust and simple style which is common to most British fishing ports.

Among the old buildings, close to the new centre, is Barn House, an early barn conversion of little merit, Field End Farm House, Field End Lodge and Retreat Cottage, all timber-framed.

The fine house closing the view and the cottages in general remain readily recognisable. A single regret is the free importa- tion of plastic windows, which strike a discordant note.

The Village 1903 Just off the road between Lyminge and Hythe, this jettied timber-frame cottage stands at the approach to the 13th- century church.

It landed on a row of cottages in Chapel Street opposite St Anne's Church, killing seven residents. The event is commemorated by the Whitehead Garden.

From the doors of these cottages fisherwives in their distinc- tive costume sold fish. A similar situation used to exist at Newhaven, near Edinburgh.

The old lock has long been derelict, and pleasure craft now moor by the riverside, which is separated from the cottages and village street by meadows.

To the right is the garden of Ivel Cottage.

The post office here, like so many in rural areas, closed and was incorporated into Post Cottage.

Seen as a ruin, looking east from the beach of Worbarrow Bay, stone-roofed Sea Cottage was the home of generations of the Miller family.

Along the western edge of the Green, medieval and Tudor houses have either been subdivided into workers' cottages, rgiven Georgian façades.

The village pond, the prison, the ancient hollow oak and the cottages nearby all remain today.

The inscribed plaque on the cottage told the story of how Hargreaves was compelled to leave Stanhill because of persecution by local handloom weavers who feared for their livelihoods.

Excellent 18th-century houses are to be found on the Leicester Road, but here we see a contrast between the thatched cottages of pre-18th-century date and the Rose and Crown pub, an early roadhouse.

Lord Armstrong began building Cragside in the 1860s; he also built almshouses in the town (1896) as well as the Addycombe cottages (1873) for retired staff from his estate.

A road of brick cottages is seen next to the Wesleyan church.

The picture shows Downland cottages with flint walling and tiled roofs. The village is now cut in two by a very busy dual carriageway, and is the location of the University of Sussex campus.

This former agricultural village gave way to rows and rows of workers' cottages, many of which remain.

The 1930s saw the demolition of a number of picturesque cottages to make way for less attractive replacements, particularly in Fir Tree Lane, once called Dog Lane.

Amongst these was a very old cruck-built Fylde cottage with clay and straw walls from the 16th century. Leckonby Hall is the most interesting historical building hereabouts.

This very pretty village with its flint and brick houses and cottages runs south from the main road to its parish church of St Mary and St Peter, which is set high above the lane with the ruins of Wilmington

Many of the old houses were weaver's cottages, built in a time when hand-loom weaving was the major industry in the area.

Even here the developers are busy: the cleared space beyond Laburnum Cottage is soon to be increased in size with the removal of Nos 50 and 51 Cross Street, opposite the Angel Hotel, at the junction

However, look a little closer and you can pick out a few subtle changes.The white cottage on the right of the High Street is now the premises of an estate agent, and the ivy which covers the house