This controlled access, period buildings and proximity to central London also make it popular with film crews.

Notably, the house is of brick construction rather than the adobe used in most other period buildings.

Thiry designed "some of the best period buildings around the state of Washington during the 1950, 60s and 70s."

It is an idea which has both short and long-term appeal, particularly to those who have period buildings to care for.

Areas with cottages and period buildings have been replaced by a town centre which looks like any other built in the 1960s.

This charming period building has been a free school, public lending library and home for local gentry since 1710.

In the early 1980s, a big hall was built to replace many Old Sikh period buildings.

It's in an attractive period building near The Point and has a cellar bar below.

It is one of the finest and oldest colonial period buildings in Guilderland.

The complex includes a mid-19th century home and other period buildings designed in the fashion of a century-old village street.