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The Clock Tower which we saw in picture 32923 (opposite) can just be seen in the background.

Its roof probably dates from the late 18th century, but the steeper pitch of an earlier medieval roof can be seen in the tower wall behind it.

The hotel porter waits optimistically outside with his hand-cart.The famous Dr Roberts' clock tower on the right of the picture was built in 1893 as a memorial to his wife.

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.

The tower of the Norman church of St Cadfan stands in the centre. The church was restored and partly rebuilt in 1882.

Little now remains of the massive structure that once stood on this site, although two of the towers may still be seen.

We start close to Stourhead, at King Alfred's Tower.

As recently as 1975 a free-standing bell tower was completed; incidentally, this was the first to be built for an English cathedral since the 15th century.

Though built of quality stone, the Town Hall, designed by Reginald Edmunds in the 1930s, has little in the way of decoration; in that respect it is eclipsed by the ornate clock tower erected to the memory

The brick tower windmill of 1770 and 1890 survives, minus its sails, and has been well-converted into a house.

The church of St Andrew, Gothic in style, was built in 1887 to replace one built in 1773; a planned tower never materialised.

The small louvered bell tower overlooks a playground still in use. New substantial dwellings for the town's burgeoning middle class rise up towards Beacon Hill.

The 15th-century tower of the church stands on Norman foundations, and houses the tomb of the last abbot of St Augustine's abbey at Canterbury who, at the time of the Dissolution, was given the manor

A principal feature of the new buildings were the four Italianate towers constructed of Ruabon red brick.

The 85-foot high functional-looking white tower of the North Foreland Lighthouse was built in the late 17th century.The light, 188 feet above high water, is visible for 19 miles.There is said to

The main buildings are 1868-dated Symondsbury School (centre) and St John the Baptist Parish Church, with a clock and six bells to its embattled tower.

The tower of the church of St Peter was rebuilt in the 18th century after the previous one fell down.

The west tower was originally built as a two-storey porch in c1030, and the aisles were added around the year 1200.

The parish church of St Mary is built of local cobbles, with a fine tower that was rebuilt in 1688 using 13th-century materials.

The corner tower houses the Black Staircase, which when completed in 1662 was free-standing, even though it rises through four floors.

The avenue leads to the superb west tower of Saints Peter and Paul church. Its grandeur recalls the pre-boot and shoe era of the sheep trade, from which the town gained its earlier wealth.

The church was built in Norman times, and the squat tower was given its belfry and battlements in the 15th century.

The tower of St Mary's Church rises over the rooftops to the left of the picture. The portico of the Lion Hotel is seen on the right.

The great gatehouse and mural towers of the outer ward were probably built during the reign of Henry III.