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This photograph gives us some idea of the rural setting for this village, something of a constrast to the dense housing of the village itself.

From this view of the crossroads, one can see The Redes on the left, and on the right, Japonica Cottage, which housed Netherbury Post Office.

Just visible inside the Round House is the broken granite stump of the old Newport Cross, which from 1529 to 1831 was the spot at which Newport's two MPs were declared.

On the corner with St Stephens Lane stands the Ancient House, a remarkable building which is probably the best surviving example of medieval pargetting - decorative plasterwork - in Britain.

It comprised 775 acres, including woodlands, lakes and a manor house, part of which was turned into refreshment rooms.

Peering just around the corner of the house on the right is a petrol pump. This might have been quite acceptable in the 1950s perhaps, but not legal now.

Note that on the left-hand side at the top of the house the window is missing. Perhaps reconstruction is going on, or maybe repairs are about to start.

Set below Pen y Corddyn Mawr, a Romano-British hill fort, these houses and cottages are a more recent addition to the ancient landscape of the North Wales coast.

It has always housed many stalls selling a wide assortment of goods.

Bustling School Road has long been lined with shops and houses. There used to be an old forge here, with a shed used for destroying unwanted horses and ponies.

This half- timbered Wealden Hall House has a late 16th- century sandstone facade at the back.

Leinster House, flanked by the National Library and National Museum. Home of the Irish Parliament since 1922, the building was designed by Richard Cassels in 1745 for the Duke of Leinster.

This graceful manor house, built of brick and with a moat, was originally constructed around 1430 near Moor Farm. Cardinal Wolsey substantially enlarged it in 1520, while he was Lord Chancellor.

The road outside this attractive timber-framed and weatherboarded house has changed little over the years. Note the impressive chimneys, both on the side and in the centre of the building.

This street is now bedecked with flower baskets, but the splendidly cut granite blocks and steps of the houses still survive, as do the cobbles, or 'setts', of the street's surface.

This view shows a picturesque mix of house styles, the timber-framed examples probably dating from the early 17th century, fronting onto a pool, essentially an inlet of the River Ouse.

This shows the bank designed by Archibald Simpson (1839), topped with a statue of Demeter, and a large block of houses by John Smith (c1810), showing Smith's characteristic recessed, curved corner.

On the opposite side of the road is the Chequers public house. It dates from the 16th century, and was originally the Chequers and Punch Bowl.

The photograph shows the rear of the red brick master's house of c1725, which was originally of two stories until a third was added around 1835, backed by a neat garden and tennis courts.

In fact, the castle is a fortified manor house, carefully set out within a rectangular moat, and the beauty of the remains, which are in the guardianship of English Heritage, resides not so much

The houses on the left-hand side had been rebuilt further back for road widening in 1870.

The house was designed by the eminent architect, Walter Brierley of York (who also designed Dyke Nook, the home of the Blake family on Whalley Road).

One of Newbury's loveliest streets, Northbrook Street is famous for its mid to late Georgian buildings, and distinctive pink and blue brick houses above lines of modern shop fronts.

Nearby is Gaping Gill, which has an underground chamber large enough to house a cathedral.