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Maidstone Museum occupies the former home of the Wyatts, Chillington Manor House, a splendid red brick Tudor house.

Hammet Street, with its brick terrace houses, was laid out in 1788 off North Street, focusing on the magnificent late 15th-century tower of St Mary's church.

The tower of Tower House can be seen at the junction with Cross Hayes Lane (right). Tower House has a long and interesting history.

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

To the right of the arch is Apsley House, one of only two or three of Piccadilly’s great houses to survive. Known popularly as ‘Number One, London’, it was built by Robert Adam in the 1770s.

This is Burford Street, with stone houses of all shapes and sizes from cottages to the Swan Hotel on the left, a part-Tudor building, and the urbane Georgian of Ryton House on the right with its four brick

This is the Fowey beloved of weekend salts and retired admirals who sip gins on the verandahs of waterside houses in this timeless old town.

The gabled, timber-framed building is Chester House, which has functioned as a library since its restoration in 1975.

For a start, two of the buildings in the background are no longer imposing town houses; one is now the offices of the Phoenix Assurance Co, and the other, Warwick house and former home of brewer Samuel

The Purfleet, with its low bridge, is an old tidal inlet of the Ouse. Here stands the exquisite Custom House of 1683, with its graceful classical-style facade.

In the distance the post office and house remain, but the next house has been demolished.

A visitor from 1955 would be rather confused by this view (taken from the gateway of Cotton End House), as the war memorial was moved in 2001 from the centre to the right-hand side of the road and

The attractive Beehive Cottage on the right was originally the lodge to Captain Stopford's house on Ashby Road. That house, alas, was demolished, and the site used to build the Community Centre.

The mansion in the park was originally known as Heath House, and later came to be called Studley Court.

The Britannia ale house, which stood on the corner of the High Street and North Street, was believed to be one of the earliest houses in the town and had monastic connections.

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.

Notice how the limestone roof slates are smaller at the ridge, becoming larger as they descend towards the eaves of this fine old house.

There is a timeless quality about this picture: apart from some painting, the houses have changed little in the years since the photograph was taken.

The brick building between is still called London House, a sure clue to a former shop – there is another London House at Ixworth. Now all the shops have closed except for the one directly ahead.

The house in the foreground, built in 1820, was the church school house until 1896, when it became known as the Church Rooms.

The appointment of a public preacher was paid from these funds, and this house was built in 1611 to house the town's Preacher.

Built on the site of the 12th-century priory of the Holy Trinity, this marvellous Tudor country house almost became a housing estate in the late 19th century.

His father was steward to Sir James Lowther, and moved to the house in 1766. The house overlooks the River Derwent and has a delightful garden and terrace. It is now in the care of the National Trust.

Dorfold Hall was built for Ralph Wilbraham between the years 1616 and 1621, although the lodge house, shown here, dates from 1862.