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The present Pendley Manor replaced a complex medieval and later house which burnt down in 1835.

This photograph shows a vastly different prospect from that we can see today: the rows of fields on the opposite shore are gone, and the houses of Newton Ferrers extend two-thirds of the way up the hill

From the late 19th century the agricultural estates of Castle Bromwich were sold off for house building to accommodate overspill.

One of Willenhall's more eccentric buildings, this mock-Tudor, mock-Gothic, former toll house became a restaurant in 1929 and has also been known as the Round House, though it is not really round.

The house with its walled garden on the left is Culverton House. Built in about 1827 by Henry Blanckley Rogers, it was described as a 'most delightful residence' when he sold it in 1841.

The house at the top of this view was that of the Sergeant Major from the Staff College.

Left of centre is the sprawling old house called Stagbury, a late 18th-century house demolished in the 1970s.

When the photograph was taken, this attractive 17th-century house was the headquarters of Wiffen`s Coaches Ltd: note the cavernous garages at the rear, and the petrol pump (left).

One of the survivors was the Old Verger's House (right), which was restored around 1893; today it holds the showrooms of Beckwith's Antiques.

The brick round house and wooden mill date from 1796, with Victorian alterations. The mill ceased working in 1947, but the machinery is complete and in working order.

An example of immediately post-war council housing, this street is now leafy and well-established, and largely in private ownership.

The well spring and the house date from the early 1700s.

On the opposite side we may identify the corner building and the Friends Meeting House; between them is one of the oldest houses in Whitby, certainly Tudor, possibly much older.

The south façade of the house is built in the 17th-century English Renaissance style, with pedimented bays overlooking a terrace and lawn to a lake below.

Cothelstone House was built as a country residence in 1820 to replace an earlier manorial hall, but whilst the old manor still stands, the 'new' house was demolished in 1968.

Built in 1782 to designs by Thomas Baldwin, Somersetshire Buildings remain the most elegant and ornate in the street; the bowed centre house is a total contrast to the regular flat fronts of the other

Look at the everyday houses which not long ago were taken for granted, and even ridiculed as semi-detached suburbia.

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

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

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.

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.

At the top of the bend is the pedimented Wren House, described in the Department of the Environment's list as 'an extremely good example of an early Georgian 5-bay house circa 1720 or 1730'.

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.