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The beach is seen at low tide, with dramatic crumbling cliffs towering up behind.

To the right of the picture, the present-day clock tower, designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield in 1926, is yet to be added.

In July 1901 it caught fire; the tower collapsed, but it was quickly rebuilt. It caught fire again in November 1935, but the 200ft clock tower was again rebuilt.

This must have been a huge operation, considering that there were one and a quarter miles of walls, seven gates and 29 towers.

The church of St Laurence dates from the 14th century; its tower was rebuilt in the 1730s.

The tower was rebuilt in 1635 and a modern Lady Chapel was added in 1920; its roof is lined with heraldic shields.

The clock tower dominates the main street of the West Cumberland town.

In this view we see the shape of the original tower of the church, which was damaged by fire in 1902 and rebuilt by the Marquis of Zetland.

This photograph shows the house with its two towers. The stable block is linked to the house by an archway (right).

The Ypres Tower of c1250 was sold in 1430 to John de Ypres as a house. This is inexplicable, bearing in mind the French raid of 1377. A prison from 1518 to 1865, it is now a museum.

The clock tower dominates the main street of the West Cumberland town.

ruined gatehouse of Llandaff Castle was probably built in the early 14th century, though it was remodelled a couple of hundred years later when mullion and transomed windows were installed in its western tower

Low Petergate is one of the many narrow side-streets which lead up towards the towers of York Minster, seen in the centre background.

In the middle distance is the Jubilee Clock Tower, built to commemorate the long reign of Queen Victoria. The ladies are carrying parasols to protect their complexions from the heat of the sun.

On the extreme left in this photograph the pinnacles of the church's 120-foot Perpendicular central tower can be seen rising above the buildings.

Like the castle, the church was also a casualty of battle; Cromwell's men apparently used it as a gun emplacement, causing serious damage to the nave and tower.

The old water tower forms an interesting backdrop to a pleasure steamer heading upstream. From the 1880s to the 1930s, taking a steamer trip from Worcester was an enormously popular pastime.

The ruins are substantial, and include the curtain wall, three towers, a shell keep standing on a motte, chapel and halls.

This picture shows the remains of the flint tower, which, as can be seen, needed substantial reinforcement with solid blocks of stone.

Dominating the seafront, this is believed to have been the first-ever free-standing, purpose-built clock tower, and was donated to the town by Mrs Ann Thwaites in 1837.

Nearest the camera is the north-west tower, hexagonal in design, and to its right is the postern gate.

The pleasing Town Hall commanding the main street was built in 1829, and its classically-styled clock tower was added six years later.

Three girls pose on the wooden bridge leading to the ivy-clad south-west towers.

Following bombing during the Second World War, the familiar tower is today attached to a new church. The wall survives, but the lychgate has a new position.