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Opposite is the gable of a 19th-century extension to Stone House, a fine 17th-century house.

It was known as Fort House, and Dickens lived there in 1851. Dickens loved this house, and called it his 'airy nest'; it was here that he wrote David Copperfield.

Halland Park Farm is the remains of the mansion built in 1595 to replace Laughton Place as the principal house of the Pelham family.

Sturrick House on the far left, once a temperance hotel, is 16th-century, but the ground floor frontage is 18th-century.

Ingram House (left) is of a similar date, but is much altered. The Red House stands opposite, in ivy-clad brick (right).

The delightful timber- framed house in the centre of the picture is said to date from 1510.

The cobbled street passes Oak House, one of the oldest houses in Rye; it dates from the 15th century, and replaced an earlier house that burnt down in 1377.

As usual in boarding houses, most of the windows are open for a good airing. This was the headmaster's house until 1975 when a new house was built in the garden facing South Backway.

In 1864 he was looking for a suitable site in Haywards Heath, where he wanted to build himself a house.

It was used as commercial offices before Miss Maud Savill, daughter of the local shipping magnate Walter Savill, paid for its restoration; it then became one of the most photographed houses

The house was built for Sir Thomas Eden in c1593, of which only this range remains.

The building on the left is a 16th-century house with a central hall, two cross wings and a later addition at the far end.

Market Hill House, Grade II* listed (centre), has had a variety of uses over the years: a doctor's house, a dormitory for St Mary's School and bank premises.

Canford House is Poole's manor house, which dates from 1450. In the early 19th century this was the home of William Ponsonby, brother of Byron's lover Lady Caroline Lamb.

Canford House is Poole's manor house, which dates from 1450. In the early 19th century this was the home of William Ponsonby, brother of Byron's lover Lady Caroline Lamb.

Mardy village in 1955 had far less housing than it does today. The semi-detached houses on the left of this picture were the only buildings at that date.

Lloyds Bank used to operate from the house on the extreme right. These days it is a private house once more. Next door is the Catholic church of St Peter and St Paul.

Durhamford Manor is a large 15th-century half-timbered house. Manor House is a 17th-century half-timbered house that has been converted into cottages.

Barden Park House and its estate was in the possession of the Abrey family during the latter part of the 19th century.

Boucher married a local woman in 1787, and moved with his library to Woodcote House, which the Northeys were putting out to rent.

The Bricklayers Arms is now a house, Old Brick House, its brickwork painted. The farm building on the left in yellow London stock brick has been converted into a house, Walnut Barn.

Woburn Street enters Market Place from the west and has more vernacular houses and cottages along each side.

Frith's photographer has focussed on the north side of the street with its interesting variety of stone cottages, while opposite, out of view, are modern 1960s houses which clearly did not grab his attention

The man on the left is standing in front of Leys, a medieval hall-house with a jettied wing.