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It was begun in 1070 by Archbishop Lanfranc, with the central Bell Harry tower being completed in 1500 and the north-west tower added between 1831 and 1840; this picture gives an excellent

The Tower School is a quirky building, perhaps a counterpoint to Bramber Castle on the other side of the Adur.

The 13th-century church with its 15th-century tower stands on the north side of the square.

The fire-escape ladder propped against the Clock Tower may have been in use to attend the clock face; it appears in that position in a number of pictures of that period.

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.

This view shows the west towers, one either side of the large Perpendicular window, with the low central tower bringing up the rear.

Montacute strengthened the fortress defences, adding a new tower on the eastern side and a twin-towered gateway.

The battlements are under repair, hence the flat top to the tower.

Behind is the tall tower of the Working Men's Club and Institute Union Convalescent Home, once the Clifton Hotel; the tower and the new wing were added in 1897.

This stretch of the High Street is wider than the rest, probably because the market was originally held here; the market was moved into the Guild Hall with its clock tower on the left, designed by Withers

To the right of the bungalow on the left, which now has four dormer windows, is the roof of the Club Union Home, which was then topped with a small tower; this tower was demolished in the 1960s

This is the last and most northerly of just over a hundred Martello towers, built to keep Napoleon at bay. This one was constructed well after the invasion threat.

It is the largest church in Ireland, with a 143ft tower (Minot's tower) of 1370. The 100ft spire was added in the 17th century by George Simple.

The 100-foot high slender stone tower of the church of St Peter and St Paul domi- nates this village built on a hairpin bend.

Construction of the hexagonal outer bailey curtain wall, its associated towers and gates began in about 1315, though the northern gateway is thought not to have been completed.

A car is turning by the King's Head, with the eccentric Hadlow tower looming over the roofs in the background.

To the young in Leicester in 1949, the Clock Tower seemed like the universe, and life revolved around it guided by policemen on point duty.

Close to the road, the solid but impressive ashlar tower dominates the immediate street scene with its substantial angled buttresses and crocketted finials; these are not 15th-century, but were added

Chalfont St Giles retains much more of its heritage and character than its southern neighbour, Chalfont St Peter, with a High Street lined with good buildings, a pond and the parish church tower peering

The west towers are built outside the line of the side aisles, making the façade twice as wide as it is high. The carvings on the west front date from about 1230.

To the left are the roofs and towers of Westminster Abbey. The riverside members' terraces now have awnings - red and white for the Lords and green and white for the Commons.

The tower and part of the south aisle are medieval. The rest, much larger in scale as befitted this now prosperous suburb, was started in 1896, and is a convincing essay in Perpendicular Gothic.

This view shows the 13th- century drum towers of the castle and the wet moat, now protected by a rustic fence.

These twin towers with conical roofs flank a gateway that now only leads to a 20th-century housing estate, but it once led to The Towers, which we can see in view H120058.