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For instance, the hole at the top of the tower was left to allow a clock to be fitted.

St Mary's Church was founded in the 14th century, with its tower built in 1640. It crowns the hill, and has many monuments to the Culpeper family.

Towering above the skyline is the lighthouse, which is now a museum partly dedicated to Withernsea's most famous daughter, the actress Kay Kendall.

A splendid view down the High Street from the church tower in those halcyon days when there were fewer cars on the road - and when parking a motor vehicle presented few problems.

The body of the cathedral dates from the 13th century, but the tower is Norman. During the 16th century, the roof of the nave collapsed and was not finally restored until 1893.

The ocatagonal tower was built in 1841 to replace the original 14th-century spire.

The tower was erected on Bradda Head in 1871 to the memory of William Milner, a Liverpool safe manufacturer who did much to ease the lot of local fishermen and their families.

Another view, this time showing a close-up of the abbey church, revealing the square tower and the four light east window. The abbey was sacked in Cromwell's time and has been ruinous ever since.

A most interesting architectural feature of the church of St James the Elder at Llanvetherine is the tower.

The 17th century weatherboarded tower is an unusual feature, and is believed to have been constructed from ship's timbers.

Windsor Castle's round tower can be seen against the skyline.

When built, it consisted of a chancel, nave, transepts, and an unusual saddle-back tower.

This modern replica of an Irish round tower was built in 1869 to mark the tomb of Daniel O'Connell in Glasnevin Cemetery.

A ruined 14th-century double-towered castle stands guard over Loch Ranza. It was here that Robert Bruce is said to have landed on his return from Ireland in 1306.

The church was extended in the 1480s with the addition of the tower, south aisle and clerestory.

The excavated undressed stones can be seen with the tower of the village church just behind the trees.

The 17th-century tower dominates the waterfront, which was about to be lost to the new Chelsea Embankment; this opened in 1874, and runs between Battersea Bridge and Chelsea Bridge downstream.

The impressive tower of the church rises over the town roofs.

Bridge Street leads on to Wood Street, where there is a fountain and a clock tower presented to the town in 1888 by an American visitor.

The chequerboard flint and limestone tower of the church of St Mary's is a distinctive local landmark. The church dates back to Saxon times.

There have been weekly markets at Ormskirk since 1286; the ancient market cross was replaced by this clock tower in 1876. It contains the town's fire bell, given by Lord Derby in 1684.

Taken from the north-east, this photograph shows the 16th-century west tower with its pretty Gothick cornice, open quatrefoiled parapets and banded obelisk pinnacles designed by Henry Keene and added

The church is unusual in that the 92 feet high tower is actually separate from the nave.

In this picture, the impressive County Hotel and Barclays Bank (built originally as a wine and spirit warehouse) can be seen on the corner, with the clock tower and the old Infirmary beyond.