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The square gun tower on the right, c1500, was constructed against the curtain wall, and contains two chambers.
The spire of St Mary's church soars above the town, and to the right is the boundary wall of Petworth Park, the great mansion built by the Duke of Somerset towards the end of the 17th century.
Extensive stretches of the old medieval town walls survive today, and many of the towers and gates are still standing.
Further away from the waterfront are Victorian houses behind the low boundary walls.
This well-worn structure of decorative flint work was part of the old medieval town walls, built as a fortification at the end of the 13th century.
There is a faded wall painting of the Holy Rood on the north wall.
The main residential block, including the great hall, was sited along the south side of the inner curtain wall.
The half-timbered houses with one storey overhanging the next look picturesque to modern eyes, but originally those jetties (as overhangs are called) served a purpose.
South-westwards from the North Wall (left), across the harbour basin just about as empty as it would be today, are the Cobb Warehouses (centre) and Granny's Teeth steps, to the left
In 1903 the main south wall of the abbey was built up to the ruined west front, and repairs to the roof and buttresses on the north side and east end were undertaken.
There is yellow brickwork on the inside wall surfaces and painted tiles depicting saints on the chancel walls.
The most striking feature of this view of Bakewell church's choir and east end are the mass of brightly-coloured paintings which adorn the walls.
These awe-inspiring and formidable walls and gates were knocked down in 1934.
the east end, Marton's church of St James and St Paul is one of the oldest surviving timber churches in Europe - it was founded in 1343 by Sir John de Davenport, and hence the pub across the road is called
These walls date from 1505, but the building becomes older as it rises to the west.
Quite early on, the motte's defences were improved with the building of a stone wall around it, and the earliest stone building appears to have been a hall in the western bailey.
Outside the city walls and isolated from the rest of Portsmouth, Spice Island was once filled with sailors and press gangs.
In medieval times, Great Yarmouth was walled on three sides, with just the river side open.
Outside the city walls and isolated from the rest of Portsmouth, Spice Island was once filled with sailors and press gangs.
These awe-inspiring and formidable walls and gates were knocked down in the 1920s.
