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It was the former counting house or offices of Par Consols, a rich copper and tin mine in the mid-19th century.

The farmhouse, now a private house, still stands at the junction of the High Street and Cardigan Road in the centre of the village.

This autumn picture of Harnham Gate and the southern corner of the Close reflects then, as now, a secluded and quiet area of the Close.The house to the left of the Gate is an integral part of the wall.The

The shop and garage on the left are now houses, and new houses stand high on Strawberry Bank beyond. To the right, there is still a fish and chip shop by West Street, which runs down to the Minster.

In the late 1980s the Black Swan public house (left) was demolished; the land became a used car lot, attached to a garage (just out of the picture on the left).

The petrol station, with pumps delivering fuel from different suppliers, has been replaced by houses, but the Pedlar still surveys the rows of Georgian houses and shops from the town sign.

The vicar of St George's envisaged a need for a hospital, and so in 1866 he set up a hospital in a house on the corner of Cross Street and Albert Street - it became known as St George's Hospital.

The medieval manor house, Gawthorp Hall, was bought by the family, and John Carr was asked to design the new stables block.

Originally owned by the Percy family, Earls of Northumberland, the Petworth estate passed by marriage to the 6th Duke of Somerset, who built the present house, designed by the French architect Daniel

It was in 1789 that it was first given the name of Mary Arden's House, reflecting a local tradition that it had been the home of Shakespeare's mother before her marriage.

This view was taken from Nettlecombe looking towards the thatched Knapp House and St Mary's Parish Church (centre).

The long building on the right was the parish Town House, or Poor House, purchased in 1654 and in use until 1834.

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.

Ellesmere House is beautifully sited just above the main road and overlooking the Mere. The building is now used as a residential home.

The Flower Pot was originally in a building to the right of the present public house. It was first recorded in 1803 as an unlicensed beer house when it was owned by Thomas Driver Metcalf.

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.

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

Lansdowne House, the elegant building on the left, was home to local doctors for about 100 years. Jane Austen came with Miss Beckford of Chawton House to visit Dr Newnham here in 1811.

After the death of Frederick Crowley, Ashdell House was acquired by Guy Ferrand, who changed the name to Morland Hall.

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.