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Note the exuberant arcade capitals with their frieze of richly foliaged arches, and the reticulated tracery infill to the upper part of the chancel arch: Henry Woodyer obviously enjoyed himself

This is St Florence Parade, with the Five Arches in the distance. The square gun tower on the right, c1500, was constructed against the curtain wall, and contains two chambers.

Below the memorial inscription over the main arch, the Royal Engineers' motto 'Ubique' ('Everywhere'), flanks the Latin inscription 'Quo Fas Et Gloria Ducant' ('Whither Right and Glory Lead').

This Gothic arched doorway was originally the front door of The Mount, which was where Stanley Baldwin lived as a boy. The 19th century house is now a hotel (the Stourport Manor Hotel).

The barges made the first part of their journey upstream with the aid of steam tugs; here we see a tug returning to the coal quays - its funnel would be lowered to miss the arches.

It has 68 arches, including the first brick arch to be built on the skew.

The Museum of the Broads is now housed in the brick building with decorative arches alongside the staithe.

On the chancel arch there are portal statuettes standing under canopies and leaning up the arch. Flying buttresses separate the chapels from the aisles.

Decimus Burton's impressive arch is topped by a decorative frieze depicting horsemen, the design imitated from the Elgin Marbles which were on display in the British Museum.

The Nothe Gardens have always been a much-frequented viewpoint for the vista across Weymouth Bay.

Built in 1956-61 to accomodate the enormous increase in road traffic, the roadway hangs from a single steel arch, the top of which is 306 feet above the high-watermark level.

The bridge crosses the canalised Witham, and in the distance is Stone Bow arch. The obelisk on the bridge and most of the buildings have since been replaced.

Gold Hill has been the location for several films and television programmes, including the 1960s version of 'Far From the Madding Crowd', and a much-broadcast commercial for bread.

The nave collapsed in 1739, and was re-built on a much grander scale. It was re-built once more in 1895 on a still grander scale again.

The interior of St Andrew's is just as pleasing as the outside, with its four-bay nave arcades, quatrefoil piers and double-chamfered arches. These give a feeling of openness and comfort.

On the right are the arches of the council offices. In 1905, the fire brigade erected an arch across North Street to welcome King Edward VII on his visit to the town.

With the introduction of the one-way system, traffic now travels only out of town through the arch. Next to the Arch is the Baker's Arms Hotel, another 18th-century building.

Concrete tiles, soldier arches and stretcher- bond brickwork combine in this aesthetic desert. There is nothing more to add.

You can see Norman evidence here with the blocked arch into the long-demolished south transept from the tower, and also the doorway arch.

In the 1920s Torquay became not only a venue for family holidays but a much-loved destination for day trips, with tourists arriving by train and charabanc.

The coming of the motor car made Lyndhurst a much busier place, as can be observed by comparing this view with earlier photographs of the same location.

Rustic benches and rose arches form the subject of this picture, and would have made an attractive postcard.

February 1645, after a forced march covering 30 miles in 36 hours over difficult terrain in the worst weather in living memory, that the great Marquess of Montrose, with fewer than 2,000 men, defeated a much

Whitmore Way was the site of Basildon's first proper shopping parade: this included a chemist, a hardware shop, a post office, a Martin's newsagent, a Home & Colonial store, and a much-needed chip-shop