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

Space for trees in a street is often a sign that these were houses for the middle class. On the left the large trees are in Scott Park

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

On the western shore stands the regency style house built in 1827 by the actor Edmund Kean.

The Holme takes its name from an ancient Scandinavian word which means 'an island surrounded by marshes', but the oldest part of the house dates only from the early 17th century.

The houses on the left have now all gone, to be replaced by bungalows for the elderly.

Note the typical Kentish architecture - hung tiles and a hipped roof - and the big conservatory and the round oast house to the right.

Several grand Georgian houses on the Green were probably built for the master clothiers who marketed the famous Uley Blue cloth, which was used for the superfine uniform of the British Navy

At the east end, Lower Close leads into Hook's Walk with its excellent brick and flint-built houses, many rendered and colour-washed. It leads to the curiously-named Gooseberry Garden Walk.

There are no encroaching buildings and road systems yet in this view of the fortified Manor House, started in 1480 by Lord Hastings. It was never completed - Hastings was executed in 1483.

Wycombe Abbey School's first architect, was commissioned by the school to build boarding houses, classroom blocks and dormitories, which were mostly built between 1898 and 1902, with the chapel following

The tiny settlement of Bantham, with its passenger ferry and boat-houses, clings to the eastern bank of the Avon where the river makes one last sweeping curve before meeting the sea.

The Sessions House is just beyond it on the right. Now called King George's Hall, it is still one of the centres of entertainment in Blackburn.

This quiet enclave of art gallery, library and Manor House flanks the church. Out of sight to the right is the Grammar School of 1913, now the offices of the Borough Council.

This building is now a busy public house, for a new state-of-the-art library stands not far away.

The pre-war houses stand neat and square on the lane. Farington is a parish in South Ribble Borough.

Founded in 1823, this building, at the foot of The Mound, housed a statue gallery when this picture was taken. There was also a collection of casts that was open only to art students.

The pub is now a house, but the street is relatively unchanged.

Here grand houses enjoy a superb view overlooking the town and coastline below.

The pub is now a house, but the street is relatively unchanged.

Although only visible from its sign in this picture, the Green Man is a magnificent timbered public house.

Smart dress and good behaviour are to be seen here in front of the picturesque Clock House Pavilion. And there are no skateboards or litter in this park scene from a more orderly age.

Not far from here are some half-timbered houses dating back to the time when Sudbury was one of the most important weaving towns.

Owned and restored by the Sussex Archeological Society, Parsonage Row, a 15th-century Wealden house, is part of a village that retained its identity, despite being swamped by Worthing's northward expansion