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Low, single-storey whitewashed cottages face up to the marine elements.

The second cottage on the left is now the library.

Stoney Cottage, the jettied, timber-framed building on the left, was saved from demolition and restored to one dwelling c1965.

The village was an important market town when neighbouring Budleigh Salterton consisted of a few scattered fishermen's cottages.

Nowadays it is a prosperous commuting area, and modern semis punctuate the old stone cottages.

Here we see Great Brington's picturesque stone and thatched cottages.

Peeping into view above the rooftops of these cottages, now sadly gone, is the elegant spire of St Katherine's Church, one of the tallest in the county.

Today the cross is shaded by trees, but the cottage behind, known as Well House, is still recognisable.

Both are delightful, with old Devon cob cottages and attractive gardens in an area of fine scenery. It is hard to imagine the crowded streets of Plymouth only a few miles away.

At the time of this photograph, the population of the village had almost halved: local cottage industries had declined, and the arrival of the new mills in the larger towns meant that people flocked

This beautiful cottage still stands, largely unaltered apart from a little pruning of the creeper on the walls and the trees to the left.

Some fine old cottages and a pond border the large green and common.

Clifton Hampden includes an assortment of picturesque cottages and striking period houses.

All the cottages in this terrace used to be the same design as the centre example with its distinctive chequered brickwork and curious extended porch.

The plaque on the second cottage on the left bears the initials 'CBAM' and is dated 1708. In the north-west corner of the parish lies the ancient Hatfield Forest.

The stone cottages and red brick Methodist chapel have changed little except for some modern doors and windows.

The stone cottages and red brick Methodist chapel have changed little except for some modern doors and windows.

Further along the road stands a 17th-century timber-framed and plastered cottage.

Looking at this beautiful 16th-century thatched cottage, it is not difficult to see what attracted Kenneth Graham, author of The Wind in The Willows, and Dick Francis, ex-jockey and thriller writer, to

Fore Street once had many thatched cottages and a stream running down one side, but it was rebuilt in the 19th century, when the town prospered with the woollen industry.

The 100ft tower of St Peter and St Paul's Church dominates this estate village of grey lias cottages. The tower is in the Somerset style, and is decorated with fifty carved figures.

Driving through West End, the visitor is reminded of the Dutch engineers who were brought over to work on the fenland drainage and for whom some of the terraced cottages were built.

The clocktower, top left, is part of the Co-operative building, which was opened in 1880 at a cost of £7,000 on the site of the old Cottage Hospital.

West Street includes various almshouses and picturesque stone cottages. The Victoria Inn on the left of the picture is now a private house.