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It had already been popular with wealthy city merchants for a century or so, and much housing development had taken place along the High Street.

The well spring and the house date from the early 1700s.

The bank to the right, where the car is parked, now houses a boat hire firm, Castle Narrowboats.

Polkerris has hardly changed, with virtually no new houses in 70 years.

This picture gives a tantalising glimpse of the wonderful Red House Cone, which belongs to Stuart & Sons, makers of crystal glass.

Children from the rather plain terraced houses have been given the job of taking the baby out for a pram ride.

This is the most spectacular house in Ipswich, redesigned c1670 by the Sparrow family. The first floor has oriel windows, in the centre of which are the arms of Charles II.

Bleak House (with the pedimented doorway, right) has been demolished, and rebuilt to an almost identical design.

The building on the right is the Manor House.

This house was built by the three Medley brothers in c1750 in the grounds of Buxted Park, situated about two miles north of Uckfield.

Begun by William Cavendish, fourth Earl and later first Duke of Devonshire in 1687, the House was completed in 1706. The north wing was added between 1820-30.

The Master Builder's House, now an hotel, was built by Henry Adams so that he might cut a dash on ship-launching days.

The white bow-fronted house is Mizpah of 1877, and beyond is High House of 1879.

The larger house with the dramatic jetty (centre) is Highbank, a medieval hall house. The thatched extension at this end has been demolished.

The Penwith House Temperance Hotel, established in 1880, is providing hot or cold luncheons but there is no alcohol available to celebrate.

Leez Priory was a house of Austin canons, founded in the 12th century. After the Dissolution it fell to Lord Rich, who built a new mansion on the site in 1536.

The old manor house of Frampton Court was demolished in 1939. In 1840 its then owner dismantled a large portion of the village to improve his view.

There were six houses at Kepax and around 1906 all were occupied by the Bailey family. The Ferryman, Mr Bailey, had the Ferry House and his married daughters had the others.

Seemingly indifferent to its position beside the busy thoroughfare connecting Cardiff and Cowbridge, Church Hall House (pictured) stands testament to a romanticised Victorian vision of a pre-industrial

Fittleworth is a picturesque village of fine old houses, commons and fir woods.The local people call this 'Hallelujah Corner' because it is a sharp bend on a narrow and busy main road, near the church

This is Richmond's finest townscape: a steeply- curving cobbled street where handsome town houses mingle with small cottages.

The building high up on the left houses the Plymouth Laboratory of the Marine Biological Association of Great Britain, now one of the world's leading marine research organisations.

The town also embarked upon an ambitious housing programme, replacing older properties with new houses and blocks of flats.

The Old House dates from 1612 and was originally a guildhall for the city's butchers. More recently it housed a branch of Lloyds Bank, who gave the building to the city in 1927.