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The clock tower was built by the potter Sir Edmund Elton for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897, by which time the shops were spreading towards the sea front with tourist development.

The squat church-tower, the steadily clambering roofs, and the central pond all combine to make a satisfying, unsophisticated scene.

Wrenn is a placard advertising the London Daily Chronicle; while Eiffel Tower lemonade is for sale at nearby Caffall & Co.

The body of the church used to stand separate from the older tower, and the space between was occupied by cottages until a council chamber was built in 1851. This is now the choir vestry.

A superb view looking up the Western Cleddau into Haverfordwest with the castle in the center and the tower of St Thomas a Becket on the hill overlooking it.

Here we see the 15th-century cruciform church of St Mary's, its massive tower surmounted by a wooden spire.

The church, noted for its low battlemented 15th-century tower, dates back to the 13th and 14th centuries.

It is quite a stocky, neo-Perpendicular building, with a west tower, nave and south aisle; the interior has single-framed roofs, and arched braces to the high collar beams in the chancel.

The North-West Tower is some 50ft high, and was built by Sir George Vernon around 1530. He was the last Vernon, for he had no male heir when he died in 1567.

In the background, the stately Perpendicular tower of Heanor's Parish Church of St Lawrence dominates the view. The church was extensively rebuilt in 1868.

contains 12th-century arcades, which accounts for its long low profile; St John's has been considerably rebuilt over the years, and was extensively restored in 1875 by Christian.The 14th-century tower

The four round towers of the castle which enclose the courtyard can be climbed to a considerable height.

From the 15th-century church, with its famous tower crowned by a tall spire, there are good views towards the Clayton Windmills.

The tall glass tower on the left was removed in the 1950s. Known during its life as the Ritz Essoldo, the Classic, the Cannon, the MGM and the ABC, the cinema was closed in 2000.

In the distance is the Town Hall clock tower.

The west tower, built in the 15th century, must have been a magnificent structure; we see it here from the nave. St Mary of Furness was founded in 1127 by Stephen, a future King of England.

Below the tower is a brass of Jack of Newbury.

sheer bulk of its buildings must have made an imposing sight on the Coventry skyline.The complex included a church about 400 ft long; a cloister on the north side; the west front was supported by towers

The drum towers were also used for accommodation, while the Constable's apartments were situated in the east gatehouse. The wall partly off-picture to the right is a section of the fortified dam.

Levens Hall is a fine Elizabethan mansion built for the Bagot family around 1580, around a 14th-century pele tower.

The minster is one of the largest cathedrals of England, and the western towers are 196 feet high.

East Cliff towers above Rock-a-Nore Road here, with fishermen's sheds and stores on the left.

The battlemented tower with its small pinnacle once sported a quaint timber belfry, which rose to a height of 130 feet.

In the distance, the tower of St Paul's church peers above the roof of the Globe Hotel. Nearby is the Perse School, established in 1625, and moved here from Free School Lane in 1890.