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Having completed our tour of the central part of the city, this chapter provides an itinerary taking in the best of the great terraces, squares and crescents that were developed to its north.

Wribbenhall has a row of early 18th-century terraced cottages, late 18th- and early 19th-century warehouses, and a number of timber-framed houses, the oldest dating back to the 16th century.

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.

Most of the Victorian terrace houses beyond survive; this section of the promenade ends at The Redoubt, another Napoleonic fort.

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.

Constantine's fine terraces are built with granite dug from one of the many quarries nearby, which also furnished the stone for Waterloo Bridge.

Here we see the famous Neptune fountain (some say it is based upon the Trevi fountain in Rome), with Council Offices in the background and a glimpse of the Regency terraces to the left.

This First World War memorial, with its Portland stone terraces, was designed by the eminent sculptor Alfred Drury and installed in 1922.

Here we see the famous Neptune fountain (some say it is based upon the Trevi fountain in Rome), with Council Offices in the background and a glimpse of the Regency terraces to the left.

The terraced and topiary gardens contain the first wisteria and mulberry ever to be planted in Britain, and were landscaped by Capability Brown and John Tradescant.

The tall terraced cottages on the right are in their simpler vernacular style, while the school and halls are Tudor in style, with stone mullioned and transomed windows.

There has been some development here, with a new bungalow in the yard beside the Dutch-gabled Ivy House and a terrace of houses, dating from the 1970s, replacing the railings on the left.

The view looks towards Morton Crescent and Alexandra Terrace. A century earlier this part of Exmouth was just a strand, backed by dunes, marsh and pasture.

The ter- race with the deeply-shadowed eaves in the middle distance is the 17th- century Massingberd Charity Gift buildings, rebuilt in 1864.

On the left is the end of a long and attractive terrace of Victorian brick houses, which still survives.

Looking south from the bridge, the towering mass of the former Empire Hotel is on the right with its terrace. Beyond is the spire of St John the Baptist Church and the Parade Gardens.

The imposing yellow brick Gothic Revival building, with 210 rooms and a 1,000ft terrace, put Ilfracombe in the first rank of resorts when it was opened on 15 May 1867.

Further down we come to the crossroads with Michaelgate and Christ’s Hospital Terrace.

Further down we come to the crossroads with Michaelgate and Christ’s Hospital Terrace.

Havelock Street is a terrace of Victorian artisan cottages, while Station Road remains the principal shopping street. The Co-op is still the Co-op but with a less attractive modern shopfront.

The terraces and villas shown are all intact today.

Just round the corner from the terrace on the left used to be the stables for the horses of the mailcart from St Austell.

Cottages on the other side rise from Lea Cottage (left of centre), to the terrace comprising Hydrangea Cottage, Clematis Cottage, Rosemary Cottage and Sunset Cottage (beside the

Further down we come to the crossroads with Michaelgate and Christ's Hospital Terrace.