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This is the third lifeboat house, built with a deepwater slipway in 1914.

The area is rather romantically referred to as smugglers' country; it is said to have been a kind of halfway house between the Sussex coast and London, where contraband could be safely hidden

The projecting storeys of Tremayne House partly obscure the church tower on the left.

The tall engine house with a square stack contained a beam engine for pumping clay from the pit to the thickening pools on the right.

A holidaying family relax with their dog outside the Old King's Arms pub and boarding house in the cobbled centre of the ancient village of Hawkshead.There have been a few changes here since the

The building on the cliff in the distance was erected as two houses in the 1890s and converted by a millionaire to a single dwelling in 1915.

The corner house on the end of Wood Street was restored to match the Town Hall in the restoration of 1889.

Guest, later Lord and Lady Wimborne, were supporters of the temperance movement, in furtherance of which cause they closed the Swan Inn and opened The Firs (later The Canford) Coffee House

In the foreground is the recently-built council estate: as with all such estates, owing to financial considerations, the houses were all identical.

Rows of neat cottages line the road; not far away, though not visible here, is the timber-framed St Mary's House.

These stately Victorian houses were part of the huge process of building development that ensued. In the distance is the Palace Theatre, now re-christened the Leas Pavilion.

The black and white building at the end is Mostyn House School, once the George Inn.

Many new properties were built to cater for the demand of these newcomers, such as these fine terraced houses. The church building seen in the distance has since been demolished.

The building to the right is the red façade of The Athenaeum, built in 1888, which houses the museum and a collection of fossils.

Modern housing and industrial development crowd in from all directions, making it almost impossible to stand here and spot passing liners on Southampton Water.

The half-timbered manor house of Blakesley Hall dates from 1575.

The rebuilt Manor House is nearby. The locality is excellent for rambling over the Downs.

To the left we can see the former toll house where the highwayman Dick Turpin stabled his horse Black Bess. Byron, Keats, Shelley and later Dickens all drank here.

Again there are houses on the sand hills. The breakwater timbers have a worn look about them, but they still served their purpose, and formed little pools for baby crabs to hide in.

A fine picture taken around 1905 shows that the added part had been a butcher's shop (and a public house called the Dial) run by the Crawley family.

Traditionally in the ownership of wealthy occupants, the private steps leading down to the beach still belong to these houses, except those on the extreme left.

An epidemic of smallpox broke out amongst the inhabitants, and the survivors then fled the house. Despite their decay, the ruins still display some fine architectural details.

Here we have a close up view of the White Horse and a good view of the old Village Hall, where WI meetings had to be fairly restrained in case the floor gave way!

The houses at the back of the green are a perfect illustration of the architectural style that has made Port Sunlight so famous.