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The garden in the foreground is that of a house aptly named Arrow Bank, a beautifully situated house now used for a bed and breakfast business.

This attractive town of grey slate houses sits at the edge of Bodmin Moor on the banks of the Camel. A camel weathercock wittily crowns the fine Town Hall, built in 1806.

Two of the houses are Georgian; the half-timbered building is Whitburn House, which is dated 1869 and has a Perpendicular window from St John's Church, Newcastle.

The photographer stands in the shadow of the White Hart public house, later called Madison Exchange and the Newt and Cucumber.

Crickhowell House originally opened in 1993 and has, since 1999, played temporary host to the National Assembly whilst the greatly delayed new debating chamber is constructed.

Rousdon House was built for Sir H W Peek in the 19th century in an extraordinary mixture of architectural styles.

Houses in Park Avenue were in great demand by professional people who work took them to Cardiff - like the Parade, the nearness of Barry Station and the view over the Old Harbour were great incentives

Built around 1800, the original Oakmere House was destroyed by fire whilst being extended.

The village is blessed with fine country houses as well as more modest cottages, built from locally quarried stone that has mellowed to the colour of honey on butter.

Now very much a part of north London, Southall boasts this attractive manor house, much used as the headquarters of a municipal department in recent years.

Behind the choir are the Chapter House, which has a richly carved doorway, and the Lady Chapel. In the Chapter House is a gravestone to the memory of nine martyred Covenanters.

The punts and rowing boats have long since disappeared, and the Boat House has been demolished, though the landing stage is still used by Thames pleasure steamers from Oxford.

A little further downstream, just through the railway bridge, the view down river from the Staines bank has changed; now there is extensive housing development on both banks, much fortunately still hidden

The house with the fine Venetian windows is Argyll House (1766); next is Oriel Lodge (1800).

One of the houses on the left, known as Fielding House and now part of a school, is associated with the novelist Henry Fielding, whose wife Charlotte lived here in the 1730s.

This sprawling 14th-century house is an impressive sight. It was the birthplace of the poet-soldier Sir Philip Sidney, who died for his country in 1582.

The bank at the left has become the District Bank, and the building also houses the Inland Revenue.

Like so many pubs, The White Horse has mutated into a house. The thatched cottage next door was once the home of the local carpenter, William Gray.

The name of this house, Llys, or court, of Meirchion, possibly indicates that this was the site of the home of Meirchion Gul, ancestor of St Winifride of Holywell fame.

We are looking up Lion Street towards St Mary's church, the Town Hall and Fletcher's House in summer sunlight nearly a century ago.

Note the row of houses on the right - a varied mix of stone houses and tile-hung properties.

He converted it to a boarding house and named it in memory of a house the family used on holidays in the Lake District. It is situated along Ayston Road, next to Meadhurst.

Facing the small green is Riverview, a fine 18th-century brick house - it was the home of the artist Dendy Sadler in 1900.

The Black Bell public house lies at the centre of the village, though the roads are busier these days. The River Stour is one of southern England's beautiful rivers, though given to occasional floods.