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As we can see here, two square towers flank the archway, and these are in turn supported by a pair of octagonal towers.

Perhaps the most famous landmark in Belfast, the Albert Memorial tower was built shortly after Albert's death and is 143 ft high. The statue of the Prince Consort gazes benevolently down High Street.

The 15th-century tower of St Mary's church overlooks the Market Place. The roof is decorated with angels bearing the marks of shots supposedly fired at them by Puritan soldiers.

The projecting tower beyond the old cannon is St Thomas's Tower of the 1270s, which protected the river entrance, the famous Traitor's Gate.

The Bishops' Palace building was almost certainly attached to the inside of the curtilage wall; the bishops' tower has long been named by locals 'Coverdale's Tower'.

We are looking in the opposite direction from 72955 (pages 52-53) along the Esplanade, with the tower of the town church of Holy Trinity to the left of the clock tower. A

This view shows the entrance to the harbour dominated by the 95 ft-high Chaine memorial tower, a nineteenth-century reproduction of a round tower.

From the avenue lined with lime trees the eye is drawn eastwards to the 162-foot high tower of St John the Baptist's, the tallest tower in Gloucestershire, containing a ring of twelve bells with the

Today, the thick coating of ivy on the tower and all the ornamental shrubs and trees are gone, allowing the tower on its mound to be seen in all its glory.

We can see clearly the two castellated towers: the older tower on the right of the picture dates from the 16th century, and is noted for its gargoyles.

The transept north tower is said to be Perpendicular survival rather than revival, but the five-bay Norman arcade was largely rebuilt after the original crossing tower collapsed in 1638, probably

Beyond Victoria Tower is the great royal abbey, Westminster Abbey, with its pair of west towers and the centrepiece of the medieval palace, along with Westminster Hall.

Beyond Victoria Tower is the great royal abbey, Westminster Abbey, with its pair of west towers and the centrepiece of the medieval palace, along with Westminster Hall.

The design of the tower with its faceted buttresses is very much like the one at nearby Eye.

On the skyline you can see Darwen Tower.

The western section of the High Street (viewed here from the forecourt of The Spread Eagle) is dominated by the clock tower built by Butler and Hedge in 1847-48.

On its summit are the remains of Jubilee Tower, built at a cost of £6,000 to celebrate the Jubilee (the 50th year of his reign) of George III in 1810, and once a prominent landmark.

The boom towers originally had a chain stretched between them, which could be raised to block the River Wensum if need be.

Margate's famous Jubilee clock tower is prominent in this picture of the beach.

The church of St Mary, which stood here in c1773, was demolished except for its tower and spire, and then rebuilt.

The 11th-century Saxon tower of St Michael's Church is clearly seen on the right of Cornmarket Street. Until 1771, the North Gate of Oxford spanned the Cornmarket beside this tower.

The Free Church, with its imposing clock tower, lies to the right of this picture. This is a busy road for both cars and pedestrians.

King John lavished money on Lancaster, building curtain walls, round towers and Hadrian's Tower. In 1322 Robert the Bruce sacked the town, but was unable to take the castle.

St Michael's Church is unique in the county in having the base of the tower open on three sides. There is a picture with the arches walled up, but they were unblocked in the mid 1800s.