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Although Ilfracombe is essentially a Victorian town, the elegant terraced houses of Montpellier Place (upper, left of centre) were built in the early 1830s.

The corner shop on the immediate left distinguishes Llando Terrace.

Courtenay Terrace is the only group of houses in Hove with long gardens backing onto the beach.

The elegance of this 1860s stucco terrace with three-storey bay windows to each house and the long straight para- pet is now replaced by Grand Court, a higher block of 1960s flats: typical sea-front

The village itself is a mix of stone and local brick, as in the terrace on the right.

Further down we come to the crossroads with Michaelgate and Christ’s Hospital Terrace.

Havelock Street is a terrace of Victorian artisan cottages, while Station Road remains the principal shopping street. The Co-op is still the Co-op but with a less attractive modern shopfront.

The terraces and villas shown are all intact today.

New terraces have been built to accommodate the large numbers of tourists who were flocking to enjoy the delights of a seaside holiday on the Channel coast.

Cottages on the other side rise from Lea Cottage (left of centre), to the terrace comprising Hydrangea Cottage, Clematis Cottage, Rosemary Cottage and Sunset Cottage (beside the

The grandest building was Somersetshire Buildings on the right, a terrace of five houses which has pedimented end houses and a central house with a bowed front, all enriched with columns, capitals and

Continue east along London Road to Beaufort Buildings West and East, long gently curving terraces of 1791 to 1815.

Just round the corner from the terrace on the left used to be the stables for the horses of the mailcart from St Austell.

Further down we come to the crossroads with Michaelgate and Christ's Hospital Terrace.

Here we see their terraced cottages, with the characteristic outside stair to the first-floor door. Below were storerooms for nets and sails.

St Peter's Gate (demolished in 1770) stood a few yards further down the hill, near the end of Rutland Terrace.

Here, those staying in Royal Terrace or at The Royal Hotel, could walk in peace, or linger for a while on one of the benches provided.

Laygate Lane is one of a number of sturdy Victorian terraces in South Shields; many of them were built speculatively by developers as the town expanded thanks to the coal and alkali industries.

This finely-composed study shows the Afon Bowydd, the road bridge, the railway bridge, the ranks of terraces of Blaenau, and the mountains beyond.

Partly utilizing existing early 19th- century terraces and villas and building anew behind them, the university was soon bursting at the seams and acquired the Whiteknights site in 1947.

This photograph looks across Mayer Park from the terrace of Mayer House. The park still serves as a peaceful oasis for the people of Bebington.

This view looks west along Newbridge Road with its terraces of neat villas. These all survive, albeit now with concrete roof tiles.

To the right is 'Streaky Bacon Terrace'. Between that and the station can be seen Nelly Pope's railway café, a popular meeting place for the young bloods of the day.

Further down we come to the crossroads with Michaelgate and Christ's Hospital Terrace.