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The round tower, which is still there, was originally used by the ship pilots of Porthcawl as they waited for ships to signal for a pilot to bring them into dock.

Whites Mineral Waters was rebuilt in 1994 as a county library, but the battlemented and towered former Drill Hall of 1890 survives.

Started in about 1290, and dwarfed by the mighty transept and crossing tower, they were not strictly necessary in a non-monastic cathedral, but many medieval secular cathedrals acquired them, including

The 125- foot high keep of the Norman Castle and the tower of the Cathedral dominate this view of the crowded anchorage on a bend of the river, en route to its union with the Thames off Garrison point

In this view from the top of St Mary's tower, the castle ruins can be seen in the centre background.

The town clock tower dominates Fore Street as it climbs away from the camera. The splendid street lamp on the corner has since been removed.

Aggregates and cladding panels have been used extensively on the tower block; with its associated shopping precinct and multi-storey car park, it overlooks an underpass and a flyover on

The tower is a well-known day-mark for mariners.

There is still a putting green near the Clock Tower, but it is in an adventure form, and is perhaps not so attractive as the simplified version was.

Dominating this photograph is the richly-decorated Saxon tower of the church of All Saints, standing sentinel and soaring above the rooftops of the village.

Situated within the remains of the Rockingham Forest, Stanion has thatched and stone-tiled cottages looking towards the graceful tower and spire of its 13th-century church.

Until 1771, the North Gate of Oxford spanned the Cornmarket, adjacent to the tower of St Michael's Church. This was also the site of the Bocardo prison, where the Oxford martyrs were held.

The view along the grass-verged straight street is closed by the dignified 15th-century tower of St Guthlac's Church.

The lantern tower of St Botolph's dominates the town and the surrounding countryside. The river flows down into the Wash.

Pisa is famous for its leaning tower, but Surfleet's church of St Lawrence is a notable south Lincolnshire rival, as it leans considerably towards the A152 main road despite two very robust buttresses.

The original gate was probably a duplicate of the Norman Tower. It was destroyed during the riot of 1327 and rebuilt in the Decorated style.

Looking across the Ypres Tower from the parish church roof, the marshes are much bleaker than now, with the Rother winding through the treeless flat land.

The church of St Giles, with its north tower and unusual octagonal spirelet, was rebuilt between 1857- 8 by S S Teulon, and overlooks the Uley valley.

The original tower, for instance, collapsed in 1175 and its replacement was not completed until 1374. It stands nearly 200 ft high and, apparently, weighs 4,100 tons - but how do they know that?

The remains of the 14th-century lodging tower are to the left. Ballon's motte to the right is topped by a 19th-century hunting lodge, which now houses the town's museum.

Probably he was responsible for this twin-towered gatehouse, which in the 1260s became the new entrance to the castle via a drawbridge over the deep moat.

The Towers, however, are admired for their sheer scale, and for the terracotta ornamentation on their parapets.

The substantial building behind the trees is Billericay church, which was rebuilt in 1780, though retaining its fine 15th-century brick tower.

In 1775 a brick tower-mill was built near the crossroads by John Matchett, a Colchester millwright.