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Some farm cottages date back to 1659 in this pretty village just east of Skipton.

Looking southwards along the main road towards Bridport, Rock Cottage and Groom's Cottage face the thatched Rose Cottage on the right.

Thomas Hardy used this cottage as the fictional home of Tess of the D'Urbervilles. In 1919 a very elderly man stood regarding the cottage.

Much of the village is owned by the Cowdray Estate, near Midhurst, and many of the cottages in Cocking have their woodwork painted the bright yellow of the estate.

The winding main street of this conservation village passes many cottages built for those who worked the land.

The cottages are Victorian and Edwardian, and some of them may have been built for workers at the kiln. Hazel Cottage, on the left, is dated 1901, and Maylea Cottage (opposite) is of the same period.

Most of the cottages were built in stone from the Greenmoor Quarry. The left foreground cottage has gone, but the small house (right) remains, which is connected to a converted barn and stable.

To make a promenade, all the cottages on the sea side of the lane have been demolished: a great loss of character.

There are some flint cottages and malmstone cottages here, like the one on the left; we can see that brick has been used to surround the windows and doors – this is because malmstone is not as good quality

Scotland's most celebrated poet Robert Burns was born in this simple cottage on 25 January 1759.

This is an almost ideal two- storey chocolate box cottage, with its thatched roof and door hood, small pane timber casement windows, and a profusion of flowers and creepers adorning the boundary

In 1924, a Miss Maberley died, leaving her three dilapidated churchyard cottages to the then vicar for use by the local poor and needy.

Chideock House on the left was, at this time, known as Myrtle Cottage, with a Mrs Bindloss as its inhabitant. Beyond are an obscured Bridge Cottage, By the Stream , and Apple Tree Thatch (centre).

These cottages on the green, against the backdrop of the church, are probably the most photographed houses in Suffolk.

Picket fencing encloses the gardens of these two cottages. The nearest cottage has pebble-dash rendering on the walls and a long-straw thatched roof with a traditional swept ridge.

Oak Beam Cottage, Two Door Cottage, and Chestnut Tree Cottage lead us to The Thatcher's Arms (left).

Down the hill are Alice Cottage, Chideock Court and Chapel Cottage. Trees partially obscure Bridge Cottage, By the Stream and Apple Tree Thatch (centre).

Here the cottages use the three main materials that give Whitchurch its architectural character: timber-framing, local coursed random limestone and brick.

This view shows facing cottges built at Canford Magna from 1870-72. By 1955, one cottage was the post office, with a separate telephone kiosk outside.

Lantern Cottage has changed very little since this photograph was taken; even the 'Teas' sign is the same, although looking somewhat weathered.

Dancing Green Cottage is almost hidden, but Blenheim Cottage is still to be seen.

A thatcher is just patching the long straw thatch of the cottage row; the nearer cottage butts against the former farmhouse, and has a pantiled roof with sloping dormer windows.

The cottages of the Madingley estate workers date from the 18th century. The oldest cottages are thatched and timber-framed.

Opposite is a row of cottages; the left-hand one is called Lace Cottage, a reminder of an important cottage industry for women hereabouts, which supplemented the men's meagre agricultural labourers