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This shows a vanished scene, with the unique boulder-faced cottages surrounding the old Star Brewery - the subject of perhaps the bitterest of Eastbourne's conservation battles.

A cottage hospital and court house also stood here at one time.

The small 18th-century thatched cottage was perhaps built at the same time as the rather grand red brick house further up the street.

Thatched cottages in the village line the occasionally- running stream that meanders through the lovely landscape.

Beacon Cottage, to the left, takes its name from the beacon that preceded the lighthouse of 1890. Blyth House next door has been reduced to two storeys, and now looks like an eight-bay Georgian house.

The thatched cottages are no more; the nearest has been replaced by a no doubt very functional large brick house.

To the right of the cottage are crates with small holes in them; perhaps this was the home of a pigeon fancier!

Nowadays there are modern holiday villages here with streamlined caravans, cottages and chalets all around this lovely area. Nearby there is now a large shire horse farm.

These brick-built cottages simply ooze charm, even if some of them appear to be in need of attention.

On the high ground between Dover and Canterbury are a number of one-time mining villages; amidst them is the surprisingly attractive hamlet of Frogham, a collection of pretty cottages.

Its weatherboarded cottages surround its tree lined green. There is also an elegant Regency parade of shops, the Colonnade, situated at the crossroads.

This steep curving road is celebrated for its row of 17th-, 18th- and 19th-century cottages in tile-hung brick and stucco, which stagger uphill raised above the roadway in traditional Surrey fashion.

Here the rural charm of the village still exists, complete with duck pond and beautiful flint cottages, some of which date back to the 17th century.

The village pump on the left, by Pump Cottage, is dated 1765 and bears the initials BB. The buildings on the right were outbuildings to the ones opposite, and one part was used as a washhouse.

A random collection of cottages around a pair of lanes forms an oval.The thatch-roofed house has a well-clipped hedge and a Chilean pine—or monkey-puzzle tree—grows in a garden further down the hill

Five roads meet at the square, including Church Road, which contains with many beautiful listed cottages. The centre of the village is used to hold the annual May Fair.

Several other farmhouses and cottages in the village have medieval origins.

In the foreground is a pair of cottages with a thatched roof.

A typical village of the Kent Weald, with its weatherboarded cottages clustered round its green, Bethersden was once famous for its paludrina marble extracted from the local clay and consisting of the

Generally regarded as the prettiest village in Surrey, this delightful picture of two small girls beneath the venerable oak trees, against a backdrop of some of the picturesque cottages at the heart of

Some new homes were built, and older cottages were converted into more luxurious accommodation.

The terrace of cottages in Allotment Lane has ragstone walls and a brick main façade; there is a low pediment at the centre with an arched window.

Lace-making has always been an important tradition in East Devon, though it would be a rare sight today to see it carried out in the street by a local cottager.

Fashionable hotels soon lined the front, with villa residences and smart cottages being erected along the slopes of Sid Vale to cater for a dramatic increase in the resident population.