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The housing that can be seen in the foreground is recent, and shows the development that Colwyn Bay's growing popularity as a resort was bringing to the area beyond the town.

The Tudor houses which line the approach to the church of St Thomas a Becket make this corner of Framfield one of the most attractive scenes in East Sussex.

Here the large house features more prominently.

It no longer functions as a hotel, and is now called Grosvenor House and occupied by Corby Borough Council. The photograph was taken from the roof of the newly-opened theatre complex.

It is known as the Priest's House, and was built in the 1580s by Thomas Legh. It became a bank in the 1920s.

The shopping parade was built between 1960 and 1966 by Wallis, Finlay, Smith & Ball on the site of a house of some historic interest called Fountainville.

Severely damaged by a bomb, its site is now occupied by Bristol and West House.

Many will be familiar with its role as a 5,500-seat concert venue but the vast events complex was also designed to house a wide selection of corporate and conference suites and the globally-linked

Today, Feckenham is only a village, but a large, prosperous one with fine houses and charming cottages, many of them formerly inhabited by needle makers who worked at home.

The most popular theory is that Kit's Coty - 'coty' means 'house' - was the burial place of Catigern, who is said to have fallen fighting the legendary Anglo-Saxon warriors Hengist and Horsa in the Battle

There are few places in the Black Country as attractive as this secluded corner of Old Swinford, where superb Georgian houses grace quiet streets below a medieval church.

Smarts occupies part of a block known as Bordeaux House, so named because when it was built in 1894 it was the home of a wine importer, Rutlands.

That began to change in the first half of the 20th century, but it was only after 1950 that the real housing boom began, resulting in massive residential estates.

Old barns and farmsteads were scattered along this road, but by the 1960s had become houses. Here we see the Wyre Garage and general stores.

Although born in London, the Elizabethan poet Edmund Spencer was related to a Lancashire family and is believed to have spent time with them here in this house.

Since 1923, this magnificent building has housed the city's fascinating museum, but it opened in 1783 as the corn exchange.

Created around 1860 and overlooking the River Ribble, Miller Park is one of several in the town, a welcome contrast to the close-packed housing developments that accompanied Preston's industrial expansion

Warehouses, offices and a customs house sprang up around the quayside, with cottages nearby for the stevedores who handled the cargoes.

All these houses have now gone, to be replaced by blocks of flats.

The wooden buildings were replaced by a house in the 1980s. Through the telegraph pole we can see the roof of the former forge, owned for many years by the Burch family.

The left foreground cottage has gone, but the small house (right) remains, which is connected to a converted barn and stable.

The trees in the centre have been cut back for safety and to allow some light into the two houses.

John Abel built a number of market houses around the county of Herefordshire, only a few of which survive. This is said to be one of his although there is no documentation to prove it.

It now houses a branch of Boots, the chemists, and all the plaster on the front façade has been recently removed revealing a beautiful jettied timber building.