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Standing in its own grounds, this fine house is thought to have been built as a monks' rest-house at the end of the 12th century for the convenience of the abbot of Furness when visiting his estates in

Almost ruinous when acquired by the National Trust as its first building in 1896, the clergy house was carefully restored.

Branston, around its church, has delightful winding lanes; by the church stands Hainton House of 1765, a Georgian house of some dignity.

This is Richmond's finest townscape: a steeply- curving cobbled street where handsome town houses mingle with small cottages.

These late 19th-century houses were in Broad Street, and were demolished during the Trinity clearances in the early 1960s.

To the left are the 'second-class' houses of Marine Parade, the spire of St John's church, built in 1853, and the 'first-class' houses of the Esplanade.

The Mansion dates from the late 17th century and has variously served as a private house, a school and as the headquarters of an Anglican order of monks, the Community of the Glorious Ascension

The gardens, barely visible to the right, are those of the big house, Ellerthwaite, which now houses the public library and the Citizen's Advice Bureau.

It is possible to reach the Glen Beach from just below the row of houses.

The post office and the two houses to the right were originally one house of c1520. The next range to the left is also 16th-century; it contains Addisons' shop, which started in 1889.

The thatched mill house is deep in the valley about half a mile inland from the beach at Duckpool, and there is just a glimpse of the coast in this view.

The building immediately behind the lamp standard is known as John Knox's house. Dating from the 16th century, the house is said to have been built by the goldsmith of Mary, Queen of Scots.

The sign 'Luncheons and Teas' on the right, just beyond the White Hart, advertises the Two Sisters Café, which from 1939 to 1949 was also a guest house.

The last house on the right (which appears in the photograph showing The George in 1924 on pg. 60 and opposite) was destroyed by a bomb in 1940.

Development along the market place grew in medieval times when wealthy merchants invested in some very grand houses.

At the top of the bend is the pedimented Wren House, described in the Department of the Environment's list as 'an extremely good example of an early Georgian 5-bay house circa 1720 or 1730'.

One of the houses on the left, known as Fielding House and now part of a school, is associated with the novelist Henry Fielding, whose wife Charlotte lived here in the 1730s.

The old thatched house on the left was replaced in 1959 by a modern house. Nearby is Wicken Fen, a major wetland conservation area covering 330 acres owned by the National Trust.

A horse and cart wait patiently opposite the neatly-fenced houses. Various styles of chimney stacks and a fine finial at the apex of the gabled house set off this peaceful scene.

On the left, Bridge House has a shop window from a former sweet shop. Across the bridge, Ye Olde River House is dated 1490.

The house to the left is a former 16th-century farmhouse, now divided into three dwellings.

The cottages originally formed part of an estate comprising the large house of Elmore and its lodge house. The original Elmore was demolished c1925 by Alexander Dods.

A wealth of timbers, tiles, gables, chimney-stacks and a thatched gateway make another attractive High Road house north of Ruffetts Cottages. It is now obscured by trees and hedges.

Look at the everyday houses which not long ago were taken for granted, and even ridiculed as semi-detached suburbia.