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This patterned red-brick Victorian building was occupied from 1916 onwards by the Benedictine nuns of the Adorers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, of Montmartre, OSB and used as a novitiate house, before

The church stands at the entry to Bodmin and was passed by everyone travelling through the county before the town was by- passed by the A30.

Although spinning and weaving were Paisley's main industries, there were also several shipyards along the banks of the River Cart. The longest lived was Fleming & Ferguson.

Some distance away from the village is charming Beck Hole, today a magnet for tourists in search of locations from the TV series Heartbeat.

The pure white marble angel (centre left) is seen by all who pass through the Trough of Bowland.

It was rebuilt in 1752 after the remnant of the Cluniac priory church became unsafe.

An unusual, but often most welcome, combination of pharmacy and sub-post office, the building on the near left has performed the function under at least three owners to the knowledge

Pevsner likened Hamble to a West Country fishing village, and he was right to make the comparison.

Looking like a refugee from Disney World, or something dreamed up by mad King Ludwig of Bavaria, the Shakespeare Memorial Building was erected in 1879.

In the backgound are the ruins of Bolton Castle, which was built by Richard Scrope in the 1380s.

This street, originally called Sepulchre Street, was renamed Gainsborough Street c1910 in honour of the artist. The building was at this time a hotel with tearooms.

This slow growth of population in the 1900s is explained by the fact that Runcorn was very much a cul-de-sac town.

Devil's Den, near Marlborough in Wiltshire, is an example of how the ravages of the plough is nothing more than intentional vandalism.

This attractive group, which makes the most of the possibilities of tile-hanging walls, is on the Petworth Road just south-west of the Green.

From the Market Place our town tour heads south along perhaps the best street in Abingdon for the survival of older buildings: East St Helen Street.

Buckinghamshire's County Lunatic Asylum was built at Stone, three miles west of Aylesbury, in the early 1850s. It was given a more ornate entrance building in the 1860s, including the tower.

The coal wharves at the canal basin by Walton Street were soon joined by factories along the canal.

The village has acquired international fame as the home of the Quorn Hunt; its founder Hugo Meynell took residence in 1753 at Quorn Hall (now an educational centre).

The town is most famous now for its annual international eisteddfod, one of the high spots of the cultural calendar in Wales.

Only about 2 miles from Yeovil's bustle, Brympton D'Evercy is in a completely tranquil setting approached along an avenue of plane trees.

The land for the park was given by Lt Col Cross, who lived in a large and impressive house at the Red Scar.

Timber had always been one of Preston's main imports.

Moving down the lane away from the green there is a row of architecturally more mixed houses, some 1840s Estate houses, others older before the Estate went into picturesque Tudor mode.

Temple Bar was designed by Sir Christopher Wren in 1672, to replace the earlier City of London gate destroyed by the Great Fire, and was the last of the old gates to survive.