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At this point it is the Art College, and the rock-pop era is about to break in on our rather sedate photograph.

landscapes; to the left, corn is stacked up in stooks ready for harvesting, while to the right, behind the houses, a chimney and the huge shape of the spoil tip of the pit which gave the village its name breaks

Built between 1804 and 1844 by Richard Crichton and the Dickson brothers for Charles and James Moray, Abercairny was a break with what had become a traditional approach to the design of country houses.

Newport Pagnell Services is now (2002) run by Welcome Break, but it is architecturally very little changed, with the glazed bridge a distinctive feature.

A backdrop of trees breaks any possible monotony from even roofs. Ample room is available for the three paddle steamers to approach and lie along the stone quay without impeding each other's passage.

The early 18th-century Cock Inn may have been built as a public house - its brick has been colour-washed white. Next to it is the garage selling Cleveland petrol and the village shop.

Erosion causes precipitous breaks, producing two miles of sheer cliffs from West Bay to Beach Road at Southover (right), where the boats and a cafe can be glimpsed.

The Somerleyton Brickworks, over to the left of the photograph, supplied brick via the river system both locally and nationally.

Services in Lyme Bay were reinstated for a short time after a break during the Great War, from Weymouth via West Bay on summer Tuesdays and Thursdays, and went on to Seaton, Sidmouth and Torquay.

With bright blue woodwork set against locally made bricks, this is an eye-catching building. The railings in the foreground were recently replaced with a brick wall.

Batley was the north's shoddy town: its prosperity came from the process of breaking down and reweaving woollen cloth from waste rags.

The gabled red brick front dates from c1680. The side range of white brick was added in the 1920s. Two of the windows have become doors, while the grass to the left has become a car park.

The midships wheel, lying fore and aft, was used to make easier the back-breaking task of hoisting sails.

The first tended to break down and the second could only carry eight cars.

Batley's prosperity came from the process of breaking down and reweaving woollen cloth from waste rags. The raw material came from as far afield as Berlin and Rotterdam.

A later brick front was added to the 17th-century White Lion.

The trees have grown, and the street signs have changed, but the church, with its substantial 15th-century ragstone west tower and mid 18th-century brick-faced body, remains substantially unaltered behind

A later brick front was added to the 17th-century White Lion.

The original inn could not be demolished until the new pub was built, because at the time the licence had to be transferred from one premises to the other without a break in trading.

It was 175 feet deep, and was notorious for breaking its rope and losing the bucket.

The ornate tomb on the left is inscribed 'Until the day break and the shadows flee away'; it is a monument to the Hirst family, and was first used in 1884.

Bootscrapers, timber-sashed windows and moulded brick arched heads to the ground floor windows and doors provide a quality so often lacking in modern housing.

A brick tower mill, this was photographed at about the time it was purchased by a mill enthusiast for preservation. The brick tower is tarred black for extra weather protection.

The midships wheel, lying fore and aft, was used to make easier the back-breaking task of hoisting sails.