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The last barge, the 'Shamrock', is now berthed at Cotehele House on the bank of the Tamar.

Though equipped with loops for handguns (they are the openings that look like inverted keyholes), Kirby was intended to be more a country house than a fortress.

There are a great number of excellent houses for summer visitors, besides handsome and comfortable residential villas in the neighbourhood.

The private hotel and boarding house (right) has stables available for visitors.

This photograph shows the Cannon Street end of King William Street, which heads south-east from the Mansion House towards London Bridge.

Opposite the Mansion House is the Bank of England, a single-storey monolithic edifice, designed in 1734 by George Sampson.

Situated in the shadow of the grand church of St Helen's, the castle, now in the care of English Heritage, originated as a Norman manor house; it ultimately become the property of the Breton La Zouch family

It subsequently belonged to Zaccheus Walker, who rebuilt the house in grand style, calling it The Hollies. It was the most imposing mansion in the neighbourhood, but it was demolished in 1937.

In return for granting permission to the GWR to build the line across his land, local landowner George Frederick Muntz demanded the provision of a station: houses and shops inevitably followed

Smarts occupies part of a block known as Bordeaux House, so named because when it was built in 1894 it was the home of a wine importer, Rutlands.

He was addicted to cock fighting, and had his own cockpit at the Church House.

Parts of the original castle were incorporated into the 17th-century manor house. The castle appears to have been rebuilt in the 18th century and repaired during the 19th century.

A large inward- bound tanker approaches the entrance with due caution: its captain is doubtless taking due advice from the Trinity House licensed pilot, himself an ex-master mariner

On the right is a fine display of baskets and tinware, although the street was known at one time for its slaughter houses.

Many of the wealthy clothiers' 19th-century houses were built on terraces cut into the hillside, with the result that the front doors are several storeys above the garden entrances.

A shop, a café, a guest house and two pubs feature in this view, and all are still there today in one form or another.

The number of tall boarding houses was still growing. The Parish Church has Norman foundations.

A conduit was established there in the Middle Ages, possibly by Chelmsford's house of friars.

To the right of it lies the Blue House, with North Parade in the distance.

The skiffs and punts available for hire across the water are from what is now the Great House Hotel.

However, there are still some splendid Georgian houses. The church, with its small spire, was built in the Decorated style in 1831.

The rebuilt Manor House is nearby. The locality is excellent for rambling over the Downs. In the picture three children are dressed up in their best clothes and keep still for the photographer.

It is still trading as a public house.

The seafront houses create a pleasing harmony, the result of the efforts down the years of individual architects and owners, unlike in the previous photograph.