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The tower in the centre of the picture overlooks the causeway linking the islet with the town, and was probably built by Sir William le Scrope in the 1390s.

Though it features a tower, the internal arrangement was not planned around a grand staircase or central hall, but around corridors.

The square tower projects to cover the entrance, and is equipped with long arrow slits of an early design. The original entrance was of the heavily ribbed barrel-vaulted type.

In 1884 the tower was added and in 1911, after this view was taken, the nave was extended two further bays to the left.

Immediately to the right of the inlet is the Bedford Rowing Club's clubhouse; further right, by the bridge, the Moat House 1960s tower block is mercifully out of shot.

When this picture was taken, the town hall, with its 225 ft tower and spectacular frontage of giant columns and pilasters, was in desperate need of a good clean to rid it of decades of soot and grime.

Its battlemented tower and Arts and Crafts- influenced design makes it one of the better convalescent homes architecturally.

The fine 14th-century church of St Mary, built of local sandstone, has a Perpendicular tower with dumpy crocketed pinnacles and full-length aisles of the same width as the nave and chancel.

The tower of the medieval St Peter's Church, seen here on the left, dominates much of Dorchester's High Street.

The huge crossing tower dominates the sandstone church, which consists of apse, transepts, nave and a zigzag doorway. The small trees in this photograph are no longer there.

Notice the rose window above a set of stained glass windows and the very unusual round tower with its tall slender windows, and its short canopied roof leading to a bell turret and tall steeple

The added tower enhances the overall composition, but should the church be locked, do not embark on an extensive search for the key.

The Church of St Mary has an unusual octagonal tower: it was here that Isaac Walton was baptized in 1593. The other church, St Chad's, was said to be almost derelict by 1650.

To the right the tower of Wren's St Magnus the Martyr, and The Monument, erected where the Great Fire of 1666 started, are glimpsed between later office blocks.

The nave and aisles date from about 1210 with a later square-topped tower. Henry Burnaby Greene, Rector, diverted the road around a pseudo-Saxon cross by the rectory gate.

The church is 15th-century and built of Kentish ragstone, and its gargoyled tower is a landmark for miles around. The George Inn was begun in 1576 during the reign of Elizabeth 1st.

The tower is 210 ft high and topped off with a bronze statue of Vulcan. In 1898 the city accountant broke the news to the rate payers that the building had cost over £182,000.

The square red sandstone west tower of St Andrew's Parish Church is Norman, and was part of the original church on the site.

This view from St Mary's tower has Monk Street in the foreground. Centre left is the Bethany Baptist Church, which opened in 1827 when 30 members left the Frogmore Street Church.

In the distance is the tower of St Lawrence's parish church. Probably built on the site of a Saxon predecessor, it displays some of the best 12th-century Norman carving in the county.

There are 13 massive towers in pentagonal, hexagonal and octagonal designs. Caernarvon is the capital of the county, and in the late 1890s held assizes and sessions, and was the militia headquarters.

The Crown Tower and the chapel, which can just be seen beyond it, date from 1500. This chapel contains the best-preserved ecclesiastical woodwork in Scotland.

With its highly stylised stair towers and full-length windows, the hospital would eventually be recognised as one of the most outstanding 20th-century buildings in Wales.

charmingly rustic stone lion at the left has been replaced by a corner turret and all the buildings are now shops, many of which have been rebuilt, but the view is still terminated by the Jubilee Clock Tower