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The original house, built by Mr Hutchinson Brown, was bought by Charles Birch Crisp who, in 1910, commissioned newly-qualified architect Oliver Hill to enlarge the house and design the gardens.

Sherwell Church (left) also belongs to the university and has been converted, and St Matthias, at the top of the hill, is still an active centre of worship.

Here we see the entrance to the charming little village of Wass, which lies in a shallow valley under the wooded southern escarpment of the Hambleton Hills, seen in the background.

The town has few buildings of historic importance, but the spectacular river scenery and dark green wooded hills make it a popular venue with visitors.

On the hill above the town stand the ruins of Knaresborough Castle, which was destroyed by Parliament in 1648.

A semi-detached house of little architectural merit dominates the view here, but beyond is a glimpse of the Gumley Hills as the road swings right towards Saddington.

The small building at the far end of the quay, below Lantern Hill, with the small chapel on top, is the lifeboat station.

The 19th-century church of St Michael stands on a steep hill, and was built of snicked stone.

It stands on a quiet lane on Weston Hill, north-east of Broadwas, with magnificent views across the valley to the Malverns.

A local legend says that the church was to have been built on the banks of the River Roch, but every night the materials were mysteriously shifted to the top of a nearby hill by 'goblin builders'.

We are looking at the Tower of London from Tower Hill, with hackney carriages lined up on a summer day above the moat.

Situated at the top of a hill, Paul is the mother village for Mousehole down below.

Its layout is extremely elongated, with the castle and market area at one end and the church (with presumably the original settlement site) up on the hill on the other side of the valley.

Standing high on a hill with fine Sussex views, West Hoathly is probably best known for its historic church of St Margaret of Antioch.

Built in 1575 by Thomas Seckford, Elizabeth I's Master of the Rolls, Woodbridge's Shire Hall stands on an island in the middle of Market Hill.

Midhurst is a town of contrasts, with an early medieval core around the church, west of the Norman castle earthworks on St Anne's Hill, and the wide North Street, a later medieval planned market place.

The stone walls of St Peter's Church, to the north of the forecourt to Doddington Hall, are a marked contrast to the mellow red brick of the Hall, which might be by Robert Smythson, the architect of Hardwick

Again there are houses on the sand hills. The breakwater timbers have a worn look about them, but they still served their purpose, and formed little pools for baby crabs to hide in.

It was on the escarpment of Edge Hill (in the background of this photograph) that Charles I unfurled his standard in 1642 before the first major battle of the Civil War.

The lane behind Frith's photographer becomes the track up to Leith Hill.

Capstone Parade was designed to be `suitable for bath chairs`, as can be seen by its level passage around Capstone Hill.

The original village, however, was at the bottom of the hill, centred on the church of St Peter, with the estuary of the Dee beyond.

The Chalford Valley, with former woollen cloth mills every few hundred yards along its length, extends through Brimscombe into the distance.

The hill, or motte, beneath was of Norman origin, and Henry III used the castle as a garrison. Its underground tunnel network played an essential part in the Second World War.