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Dating from c1580, Clock House had two famous residents. The first, Ann Line, was executed in 1601 for concealing a Catholic priest here. She was canonised in 1970.

Beeleigh was a house of Premonstratensians. It was founded in 1180 (replacing an earlier house at Parndon), though it became a private residence after the Dissolution.

The cottages originally formed part of an estate comprising the large house of Elmore and its lodge house. The original Elmore was demolished c1925 by Alexander Dods.

Some of these houses were owned by sea captains, who could afford to build a substantial two-story house. It is said that almost every boy from Borth went to sea.

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.

This wooded hill in the town centre is topped by the ruins of a Norman castle, whose builders might not be entirely surprised to find that the outer bailey now houses a zoo: after all, exotic animals were

West Bromwich boasts a remarkable survivor, Oak House, a magnificent 16th-century manor house. By 1894 it had fallen into disrepair.

On the corner of Low Road, leading to the King's Head, are houses called St Margaret and St Mary (centre left). The prominent jettied timber-framed building facing us is Waterloo House of c1540.

To the right, the Coffee House is now a domestic garage, but the house is still called Jack o'Lantern.

A fine stone village a mile from Frome, Beckington has some superb stone houses and a church with an excellent Norman tower.

Standing in its own grounds, this fine house is thought to have been built as a monks' rest-house at the end of the 12th century for the convenience of the abbot of Furness when visiting his estates in

Almost ruinous when acquired by the National Trust as its first building in 1896, the clergy house was carefully restored.

Branston, around its church, has delightful winding lanes; by the church stands Hainton House of 1765, a Georgian house of some dignity.

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

These late 19th-century houses were in Broad Street, and were demolished during the Trinity clearances in the early 1960s.

To the left are the 'second-class' houses of Marine Parade, the spire of St John's church, built in 1853, and the 'first-class' houses of the Esplanade.

The Mansion dates from the late 17th century and has variously served as a private house, a school and as the headquarters of an Anglican order of monks, the Community of the Glorious Ascension

The gardens, barely visible to the right, are those of the big house, Ellerthwaite, which now houses the public library and the Citizen's Advice Bureau.

It is possible to reach the Glen Beach from just below the row of houses.

The post office and the two houses to the right were originally one house of c1520. The next range to the left is also 16th-century; it contains Addisons' shop, which started in 1889.

The thatched mill house is deep in the valley about half a mile inland from the beach at Duckpool, and there is just a glimpse of the coast in this view.

The building immediately behind the lamp standard is known as John Knox's house. Dating from the 16th century, the house is said to have been built by the goldsmith of Mary, Queen of Scots.

The sign 'Luncheons and Teas' on the right, just beyond the White Hart, advertises the Two Sisters Café, which from 1939 to 1949 was also a guest house.

The last house on the right (which appears in the photograph showing The George in 1924 on pg. 60 and opposite) was destroyed by a bomb in 1940.