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To its right Barn Hill climbs gently north-west, a street of almost unspoilt Georgian houses.

This heavy interior is typical of mid-Victorian taste, and its architectural detailing presumably dates from the rebuilding of the house in the 19th century.

Just north of the village is Brewery House, home of Sir William Hooker and his son Joseph.

Dating from the turn of the 17th century, the Key House is probably the best of Castle Donington's vernacular buildings.

The gardens of Haddon Hall are simple a delight, falling in a series of terraces from the house down to the river.

Originally a Tudor house, to the north of the village, the building was remodelled in 1806 by Jeffry Wyatville and given its classical frontage in a manner which was strongly influenced by the work of

To its right Barn Hill climbs gently north-west, a street of almost unspoilt Georgian houses.

This tranquil scene shows the village pond with the reflection of the houses on its surface.

To a current inhabitant, the most striking feature of this view is the absence of houses in the centre.

East Street runs parallel to the High Street, and small alleyways between the houses connect the two.

The delightful whitewashed parapets and the octagonal toll-house of the Bratch Locks. Nearby are the waterworks opened by Bilston's urban district council in 1896.

The village also houses the Atherstone Hunt stables and kennels.

Although only visible from its sign in this picture, the Green Man is a magnificent timbered public house.

Malmesbury Hospital, which was formerly the manor house, was rebuilt in the Tudor style in the late 19th century.

Sea scouts share in this idle scene outside the local public house on a sunny day half a century ago. The New Inn has been the focus of community life in Shalfleet since Victorian times.

Once the village smithy, the inn at Godmanstone is said to be the smallest public house in England. The beautifully-thatched building measures only 20?ft by 10?ft; it is about 500 years old.

Before assuming the role of the first military town in Britain, Aldershot was no more than a pretty village comprising a church, a manor house and several farms, close to an area of open heathland.

The building just behind the pump houses a 'circulating library' as well as the W H Smith bookshop.

Attractive thatched and pantile-roofed houses line the street, the skyline softened by the mature trees on the left-hand side.

It is surrounded by the simple grey slate-gabled shops and houses which are so typical of a small Lake District town.

This photograph shows two spirit-rigged Thames river barges at Messenger's Boat House, Surbiton.

The town's thatch hooks were kept on the inside wall of the forge; these were used to pull the thatch off if the house was on fire.

Both clerical gentlemen led the local smuggling gangs, hiding the contraband in the old vicarage - now a beautiful thatched house called Vicars Mead.

The church has stocks and a charnel house in the graveyard. The name Colne means 'roaring river'.