Search Results

The neatly mown lawns and carefully maintained flowerbeds surrounding Cheam Park House are viewed from the vantage point above the porticoed entrance; we are looking down onto the sweeping gravelled drive

Its tower houses an impressive peal of 12 bells, and in the nave are an ornamented Tudor tomb and a 17th-century font.

In this area there are a concentration of attractive small plaques above the doors and lintels announcing that the cottages are owned by Blakeney Neighbourhood Housing Association.

The barns belonged to William 'Wiggie' Large, builder and wheelwright, who lived in the adjoining house.

If you visit today, you will see no television aerials on the roofs, for Lord Clitheroe installed an underground cabled system to each house to preserve the unspoilt character of the village

Just beyond the Market House stands the Town Hall, its prominent clock tower topped by an intricate weather vane.

Set in beautiful woodland with a commanding view over the lake, this house was built in the grounds of the original Old Hall, which no longer exists.

name from Hadleigh Castle.Although this photograph shows the High Street, it lacks the bustle we see today.A small garage is tucked in next to a café on the right, whilst on the left brick-built houses

Tradition alleges that Athelhampton is the site of a palace of the Saxon King Athelstan, though the present house is largely Tudor.

Many houses carry the shield of the Ancaster family, for this was an estate village from the 1760s until 1925, when the Normanton Park Estate of the Earl of Ancaster was sold and dispersed.

This beautiful Elizabethan manor house is now the home of the Bagot family.

Buildings in the foreground now house the fascinating Helmshore Textile Museum.

Later, brought within easy travelling distance of Liverpool by the railway, wealthy businessmen built comfortable houses away from the city's grime.

This fact could be slightly awkward for Roman Court and Roman Bridge Lane, two newly-built housing developments nearby.

Today it houses the Castle Museum.This picture shows the castle prior to the excavation of the outer walls in the 1930s, and the castle entrance is now reached across a footbridge.

Most of East Devon's public houses are extremely ancient, and have served as places of refreshment for centuries.

The chief benefactors of the church were the Peel and Hargreaves families, and Peel Street and Avenue Parade follow the route of the carriage drive from Accrington House, one of the homes of the Peels.

South of Fareham, Stubbington has some attractive areas of modern housing, and the village shopping centre, the Parade, is built around a small green.

The private houses next door are now also all occupied by shops. The gateway on the right is an entrance to playing fields, which can still be found behind the buildings.

To the left is South Africa House, which was built on the site of Morley's Hotel in 1930; the architect, Sir Herbert Baker, attempted to complement the nearby St Martin-in-the-Fields.

The Quart Pot, a Baddow Brewery house, was where Wickford's Salvation Army had their early meetings.

This photograph looks across Mayer Park from the terrace of Mayer House. The park still serves as a peaceful oasis for the people of Bebington.

We are looking along Mill Hill Road from the Shippons, a large public house in Thigwall Road.

Today it houses the town's museum. On days of royal celebration, buns are thrown from the balconied roof; this tradition dates back to the coronation of George III.