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The Half Way House Hotel is on the corner of Storeton Road and Woodchurch Road out towards Prenton.

A large number of country houses, many of which were called castles by their owners, have either been demolished or are shadows of their former selves.

Swale House on the extreme left was the home of Joe and Veronica Pease, great hosts of balls and parties.

It was the second Gothic Revival building to be completed in County Durham; the style had become fashionable thanks to Horace Walpole, who had used it to great effect at his own house, Strawberry Hill,

Dating from the end of the 13th century, technically it is not a castle at all, but a moated manor house, and it would have been very open to attack.

Yet there is hardly a house that would need a close look'.

It also reminds us of how much can change, since the row of houses shown here have all gone, to be replaced by some bungalows.

The idea was that after its birth, when leaving the house, the newborn child would have to be carried upstairs - there is an old saying that in order to rise in the world you should first go up some stairs

This view up St Margaret's Street shows two fine Georgian buildings: the one on the left has a Tuscan-columned doorway, and the one on the right is Westbury House.

Knowle, one mile south-east of Solihull, contains several interesting old buildings, including the medieval Chester House, and the heavily restored 17th-century Red Lion.

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 unusual 15th-century three-storey building (centre) is thought perhaps to have been a gatehouse to a former courtyard house, now Nos 67 and 69 High Street.

The Lord Chancellor was responsible for the seal, which was kept at the House of Lords.

The building is linked on the right to Admiralty House.

The eastern end of Hastings beach beside the RNLI lifeboat house is known as the 'Stade'- Saxon for 'landing place'; here the fleet of about 40 fishing boats are still winched up onto the shingle.

The bendy section is now a quiet side street, while Heathfield House has lost its ivy.

The land to the right is now a housing estate, while a speed camera lurks around the bend!

The old smoke house (foreground) was built in 1848 in a romantic style to resemble an ancient castle, complete with mock stone cannons which aided the drainage from the private garden above.

The central building was the Loes and Wilford House of Industry, established in 1767.

The shop (centre) was owned by W A Leeks, who had the new house (right) built in 1965. The shop traded under the same name even though it was owned by Tony Green from 1971.

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.

Now it houses Furness Gymnastics Club, and has lost its crown at the top.

There are open fields behind Porthpean House with its well manicured lawns.

To the right is the Victorian village hall, now a house.