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The 'half-timbered' Wheatsheaf public house on the left dates from the 1920s.

The house on the right is Ferryside, which just over 30 years later became the home of the famous writer Daphne du Maurier.

On the left, a fashionable party enjoys the prospects of distant Polruan from the terrace of Point Neptune House, built by William Rashleigh of Menabilly in the 1860s.

Within the Leeds city boundary most of the open areas between the townships gradually dispersed under an urban sprawl of industrial and housing development.

Within the Leeds city boundary most of the open areas between the townships gradually dispersed under an urban sprawl of industrial and housing development.

The beautiful row of thatched cottages has gone, to be replaced by a rather uninspiring three-gabled house, and uphill from it there is what appears to be a garage.

Looking in the opposite direction from the Coffee Tavern, this view of Hadleigh's High Street shows the George public house and, further down on the same side, the White Lion Hotel.

A magnificent oak tree dominates the common land and the pleasant nearby houses of this little hamlet on the southern outskirts of Rickmansworth, where, on land to the south-west, the famous Croxley

Both houses in this photograph survive. On the left is Shore Lodge, and on the right is Evening Hill Grange.

The huts have now been replaced by some of the world's most expensive houses.

Sir John Everett Millais painted his famous 'The Boyhood of Sir Walter Raleigh' while living at a house called The Octagon here in the late 1860s.

Situated to the south of the town, overlooking the Test, Broadlands is an imposing porticoed house remodelled in classical style by 'Capability' Brown and John Holland in the mid 18th century.

Rolle Street was named after the prominent family that lived at nearby Bicton House.

One of the finest houses in the town and dating from the 15th century, this is likely to have been built as a priest's lodging.

Market stalls huddle around the 90ft obelisk raised in 1781 to commemorate William Aislabie's 60-year stint in the House of Commons as the local Member of Parliament.

Christ Church, sometimes known as 'The House', can be seen on the right, with Wren's splendid creation, Tom Tower, rising above it.

Designed by James Gibbs and completed in 1749, the Radcliffe Camera was paid for by a bequest from John Radcliffe, and originally housed a collection of books provided by him.

The properties on the left-hand side of this view, at this point in their history seen as private houses, have nearly all now become commercial premises as Skelton has grown.

The Great Stone Inn is one of Northfield’s older drinking establishments, as is the Old Bell House, Bell Hill.

The village was laid out from 1790 by mill owner Samuel Greg to house his mill workers, and was one of a number built in east Cheshire by industrialists.

The 16th-century half-timbered Manor House in Vyne Road fronts directly onto the road, so that its striking architecture, including carved bargeboards on the gables, can be studied at close quarters.

Middle Wallop is a village of at least twenty-six houses with a garage, a pub and an army airfield.

This public house stands beside the main London to Eastbourne road. It was built in 1936, and is a popular stopping place for day-trippers to the Downs and the coastal resorts.

Limestone from the excvavated tunnel was used for building houses in nearby Corsham.