Houses Collection

Life in a Boarding House by Eric Ravilious
A modern boarding house in cross section, a mural painted by Eric Ravilious at Morley College for Working Men and Women

View of Houses in Delft, c. 1658, by Johannes Vermeer (1632
Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675). Dutch painter. View of Houses in Delft, Known as The Little Street, c. 1658. Rijskmuseum. Amsterdam. Netherlands

Readymoney Cove, Fowey. Early 1900s
View of Readymoney Cove, Fowey, from the cliff showing houses and a horse and cart. Photographer: Unknown

The Water side, Flushing, Cornwall. 1912
Flushings waterfront housing and the boats nearby. Three older men watch the photographer from a bench. Photographer: Herbert Hughes

Machu Picchu, Peru. The Inca city of Machu Picchu sits high in the Andes mountains. The peak at upper centre is Huayna Picchu

Middle Street, Deal, Kent, once infamous for its smuggling connections. Date: circa 1950s

Boats moored in Flatt's Inlet, Bermuda, Atlantic, North America

Derelict housing in an area of Riversdale Road, Gateshead

Mermaid Street, Rye, Sussex, England

Suffragette Board Game PANK-A-SQUITH
A suffragette board game called Pank-A-Squith which was first advertised in the pages of Votes for Women, October 1909

Map of the Rivelin Valley Estate, 1934
Taken from a Report of Special Conference regarding the Development of the Rivelin Valley, Sheffield City Council, Sep 1934.Rivelin Mill, Rivelin Valley Road, Rivelin Hotel, St Michaels RC Cemetery

Borley Rectory 1890S
Borley Rectory at the time of Harry Bulls occupancy : the garden front, the Bull family enjoying a game of tennis

View of Salcombe and harbour from Snapeaes Point in the early morning light. Salcombe, South Devon, UK, September 2010

Street scene, St Kilda, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Date: late 19th century

Fisher Street, Doolin, County Clare, Ireland, Europe

Caravans in Martello Camp, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
The Martello Caravan Camp at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. This photograph was taken from the top of the Martello Tower, which gave the camp its name

Georgetown, Guyana, Caribbean
Georgetown, British Guyana, Caribbean - Thomas Street Date: circa 1910s

LCC-LFB fireboat Massey Shaw, Westminster, London
A publicity photograph of the Massey Shaw fireboat with the Houses of Parliament in the background, used by the London County Council to promote the London Fire Brigade in its publications

Leicester 1950S
A No. 94 tram goes through the Clock Tower area of Leicester city centre

Wallsend, Tyneside
Houses and factories with cranes on the skyline in Wallsend, Tyneside

Old Houses, St. Peters Gate, Nottingham, 1842
Artist: Bussey, Reuben - Title: Old Houses, St. Peters Gate, Nottingham, 1842 - Date: 1870 - Original Medium and Size: Oil on Canvas 61 x 50.8

William Pitt the Younger addressing Parliament
William Pitt (the Younger) addressing the House of Commons

The 199 Steps of Whitby at sunset, Whitby, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Blitz in London -- ambulance at Ladywell, Lewisham, WW2
Blitz in London -- an ambulance and rescue workers in the Ladywell area of Lewisham, SE13, where houses were demolished by a parachute bomb, 18 September 1940

Nipa Houses near Manila, Philippines
Nipa Stilt Houses (also known as bahay kubo, is an indigenous house used in the Philippines)

Barga, Italy
Barga. View from the mediaeval Tuscan town of Barga across the Serchio river valley, towards the summit of Pania Secca (1171 metres) in the Apuan Alps, Italy

Saint Helena - view of Jamestown
PS-10453 St Helena - View of Jamestown Peter Steyn Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

The Sole Bay Inn pub with Southwold lighthouse behind, Southwold, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Routemaster Bus
A No.76 Routemaster bus drives past the Houses of Parliament, Westminster, on its way to Stoke Newington, north London

Port of Kos Town, Kos, Dodecanese Islands, Greece

Vivian Terrace, Falmouth Road, Truro, Cornwall. Probably early 20th century
A view of Vivian Terrace looking towards the Lander Monument in Lemon Street. There is a man on a bicycle riding in the road and a horse-drawn milk cart with churns is waiting outside one house

Panoramic view of Corfu Old Town, Ionian Islands, Greece

Five adjacent pubs in Portsmouth, Hampshire
Portsmouth was a town of many wonders in 1911. One of them was the possession of five fully licensed houses standing next to each other

Blackrock Cottage, Glencoe, Highlands, Scotland

Oban waterfront, Oban, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

UK, London, Houses of Parliament, Big Ben, London Eye beyond

Bay promenade, Angra do Heroismo, Terceira, Azores, Portugal, Atlantic, Europe

View of Nottingham Castle with St Nicholas Church and Houses
Artist: Sandby, Paul (attributed to) - Title: View of Nottingham Castle with St Nicholas Church and Houses - Date: N/A - Original Medium and Size: Oil on Canvas 102.9 x 125.7

UK - aerial of Wells-next-the-sea
CK-4234 NORFOLK - Aerial of Wells-next-the-Sea

Police Officers London
Police officers wearing old and new uniforms. On left wearing 1980 uniform, on right the old from the period 1959-1980 Metropolitan Police in London near Houses of Parliament

Welwyn Garden City, an example of town planning
An advertisement for new houses and industrial sites at the new town of Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, an example of town planning, designed to take people away from polluted cities

Mitchelstown and Galtee Mountains, County Cork, Ireland
Mitchelstown and Galtee Mountains, County Cork, Republic of Ireland. circa 1970s

Cambridge Cottage, Kew, the birthplace of Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge (mother of Queen Mary)

Pennan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Oban waterfront, Oban, Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Mount Pleasant Hotel, Kings Cross, London
The Mount Pleasant Hotel at the corner of Kings Cross Road and Calthorpe Street, Central London

Construction of the Statue of Liberty, Paris
Construction of the Statue of Liberty in Paris, before shipping to New York. 1885

Aerial View of Hampden Park Stadium, Glasgow, Scotland, February 1993

Aerial View of Celtic Park Stadium, Glasgow, Scotland, February 1993

Nevis Peak, Mount Nevis, volcano, Nevis, St. Kitts and Nevis, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Rock, St Minver, Cornwall. June 1906
A view of Rock looking down the estuary at low tide. On the foreshore, to the left, is a bait digger with his fork and basket. To the right is a fishing boat, moored with its sails down

Carclew House, Mylor, Cornwall. 15th March 1912
Main facade of Carclew House from the lawns

Crockett Court, Galveston, Texas, USA -- a new development of brick cottages overlooking the Gulf of Mexico, probably intended as short-stay holiday accommodation. 1937

Port Sunlight - a workers utopia
Page from The Illustrated London News with photographs reporting on the model factory village of Port Sunlight on the Wirral, near Birkenhead

Trelowarren Street, Camborne, Cornwall. Around 1870

Fowey town and harbour, viewed from Polruan, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Saffron Walden by Madge Howard
Saffron Walden in Essex, East Anglia, UK, showing a peaceful high street with half-timbered houses with pageting (decorated plaster work typical of the region) during the summer months

Marianne Foyster
MARIANNE FOYSTER, wife of the rev L A Foyster, living at Borley 1930 to 1935

Virginia Woolfs house, Fitzroy Square, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Thatched houses, teashop and pub, Shanklin, Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Cattle - small herd of Dexter cows and orphan lambs in small field Cotswolds UK
MAB-416 Cattle - small herd of Dexter cows and orphan lambs in small field Cotswolds UK Mark Boulton Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Houses for Sale 1920S
Semi-detached houses for sale, freehold or leasehold (from only 440 each), on Goodwyn Avenue, part of the Mill Hill Garden Estate, north London."

Battle of Tewkesbury
Nobles of the Houses of York and Lancaster battle at Tewkesbury

St. Marys, Amersham
The fine old church of St. Mary, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, with some of the picturesque old houses in this town of ancient buildings

Liverpool Slums, 27th June 1962. Our Picture Shows... mother and children making their way through a back alley

Aerial View of Hampden Park Stadium, Glasgow, Scotland, 3rd May 1990

St Patricks Hill, Cork, Republic of Ireland. circa 1970s

Ballydehob Village, West Cork, Republic of Ireland. circa 1960s

DCLI recruiting march, Carclew House, Mylor, Cornwall. Friday 2nd July 1915
Soldiers of the Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry on the lawn in front of Carclew House, at ease during a recruitment march. Instruments of their military band are in the background

Mitchell Hill Terrace, Truro, Cornwall. Early 1900s
View looking down Mitchell Hill Terrace in winter. Photographer: Arthur Philp

Aerial view of the beach and cliffs at Beer, East Devon. Date: 1960s

Scene in Main Street, Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA
Scene in Main Street, Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, USA -- people on the way to a sheep shearing festival. Date: circa 1840s

View from the harbour, Dartmouth, Devon. Date: circa 1950s

Bus embedded in house, Blackstock Road, London
Bus embedded in the front of a house in Blackstock Road, London NW4, on 13 January 1974

Building of a prefabricated houses in 3 hours 1945
During the Second World War many houses were destroyed, due to this, prefabricated houses (prefabs) were built, quickly and cheaply providing quality housing with all the amenities, central heating

A Plan of the town of Sheffield in the county of York drawn by W
Original at Sheffield Local Studies Library:s 45 S

Fowey harbour, Cornwall. 1904
A view from Hall walk looking up river with the china clay docks and railway in the background

Kings Square ( Market Place ) Enfield Town, London, with the Kings Head Public House and St Andrews Parish Church at the back. Late 1940s, early 1950s

The Main Street, Angmering, 1907
Photographic Collection, West Sussex Record Office, Ref. PH 26116/106

Picture No. 10741291
England - Aerial view, Mapledurham and River Thames, Berkshire Date:

Bomb damage and crater, Petherton Road, London, WW2
Panoramic view of extensive bomb damage and a crater in Petherton Road, North London, 2 July 1944. A salvage operation took place, pumping out flooded basements

Scene of devastation after flying bomb attack, WW2
A panoramic daytime scene of devastation following a flying bomb attack in London during the latter stages of the Second World War. Rescue workers look for buried casualties

Bomb damage in Brampton Road, Bexleyheath, WW2
Panoramic view of extensive bomb damage in Brampton Road, Bexleyheath, Kent, 14 November 1944, with ambulances ready to remove casualties from the scene

Gorran Haven - Early Morning - Cornwall - UK
DAC-848 Gorran Haven - Early Morning Cornwall - UK David Chapman Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

For sale as Licensed Images

Choose your image, Select your licence and Download the media

"Houses: A Glimpse into the Stories They Hold" Step into a world of history and intrigue, as captured by renowned artist Eric Ravilious in "Life in a Boarding House. " Transport yourself to the picturesque Mermaid Street in Rye, Sussex, England, where houses whisper tales of centuries gone by. Discover the empowering Suffragette Board Game PANK-A-SQUITH, reminding us of the fight for equality within these very walls. Uncover secrets hidden within the Map of the Rivelin Valley Estate from 1934, offering a glimpse into lives lived amidst nature's embrace. Immerse yourself in Fisher Street, Doolin, County Clare, Ireland. Here lies Europe's charm intertwined with Irish heritage. Witness Oban waterfront's bustling energy against Scotland's majestic Highlands backdrop—a symphony of land and sea merging seamlessly. Marvel at Salcombe's ethereal beauty as Snapeaes Point unveils its enchanting morning light upon this coastal haven. Trace Sheffield's evolution through time with W. Fairbank’s meticulously drawn Plan from 1797—each house holding stories etched in stone. Reflect on resilience amid adversity as Brampton Road bears scars from World War II bombings—an enduring testament to human spirit. Feel Nevis Peak's commanding presence atop Mount Nevis—a volcano that has shaped life on this Caribbean island paradise for millennia. Stroll through St Kilda streets—the Outer Hebrides' soulful heart—where houses stand witness to generations living harmoniously with nature. Experience nostalgia and freedom among caravans nestled within Martello Camp at Walton-on-the-Naze—an escape brimming with seaside delight and can more than mere structures; they are vessels carrying memories and dreams across time and space. Explore their rich tapestry today.