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In this picture the new promenade and sea wall provide plenty of space to walk, while the beach below gives a hint of what it looked like in its natural state.

St Just is bounded by small, irregular fields and stone walls. Close by is the famous Botallack mine.

The long narrow nave has a fine Norman doorway, and there is a Norman arch in the south wall which led to the priory.

The chapel above the gate, built into the Close wall, was used for concerts. The plaque to the right prohibits livestock and discourages motor cars from entering the Close.

The house to the left of the Gate is an integral part of the wall. The house facing the photographer was built in the 18th century by John Talman, the Vicar Choral.

Seventy years before there was a timber quay under the walls of the Tower, with tall-masted sailing ships edging through the raised bascules of Tower Bridge.The river here was thick with islands

A few ruined walls in the estuary mark the site of Fort Charles, which was garrisoned by the royalist army for four months in 1646 during the English Civil War.

A few ruined walls in the estuary mark the site of Fort Charles, which was garrisoned by the royalist army for four months in 1646 during the English Civil War.

The castle walls to the right of the view are now demolished.

Despite modern building due to expansion, some of the older and more traditional flint-built walls and properties still survive.

The sea wall had not been built either, and the promenade is bordered by cobbles sloping to the beach, with wooden piles providing some protection against the breaking waves.

They are now known as Archery Cottages; the thatch has been replaced by ties, and the low wall in front of them has been removed.

This view is south-westwards from the quarry gallery to Anvil Point (centre left) where Purbeck's coast becomes a vertical wall of stone.

Tile-hung walls are a feature of the town, and several examples can be seen here.

Elmore Cottages still command the High Road opposite the village pond and crossroads but have been extended on the south side where the fence on the flint wall has been removed.

Close by are the ruined walls of a 13th-century Augustinian priory founded in 1253 by Sir John Maunsell, a priest's son who became a counsellor to Henry III.

The wall running almost the whole width of the picture surrounds the Dean's Court kitchen garden.

The new lighthouse perches on the most prominent point, its powerful beam sweeping nightly across the dark sky and spilling its light over the walls of the parish church like a searchlight.

On the left is the Close Wall and St Ann's Gate; on the right is the timber- framed King's Arms, dating from the mid 17th century.

E J Clarke (right) is now a Balti House, the clock on the wall advertising sweets and ices has disappeared, and the shop beneath is now Central Pets.

It is quite small, but it is elaborately decorated on its front outer wall. The village green is now fenced and council-owned.

It is interesting to read the prices advertised beneath the Wall's ice cream 'Stop here and Buy Some' sign outside the café.

Built around 1300, at the same time as the town walls, the polygonal towers would have provided four floors linked by a spiral staircase.

The tower has been further reduced since 1951 to provide stone for garden walls.