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It is miraculous that the structurally weakened tower survived.

The quirky terracotta and brick Clock Tower was designed by F G Knight 1805. Crouch End possesses two of London's outstanding late 19th-century pubs, the Queens Hotel and the Salisbury.

It was built in 1539-40 with a central circular keep around which were added four semi-circular bastion towers.

Looking southwards from the Haymarket into Gallowtree Gate: it is the building immediately to the left of the Clock Tower which is of interest.

After his death in 1128, further construction was undertaken in the 13th and 14th centuries, culminating in the building of the west tower in the 15th century.

Built by Archbishop Warham in the early 16th century, this small manor house, consisting of a three-storey brick tower, a gallery (later turned into cottages), and the single-storey storehouse beyond

The finest feature is its tower with angle volutes and vases crowned by a slim spire.

We are looking west towards Station Road and the church - the delicate spire was added to the tower in 1712. The Stowmarket Co-op on the left has been rebuilt.

The Town Hall tower (centre right), designed by T M Lockwood and E A Landsdowne, was opened in 1885. It has since been demolished to make way for the British Home Stores.

The battlemented tower of St Bartholomew's (left) just shows above the row of rather good brick and tile cottages, into which the post office has been thrust.

Note the new prison (built 1820) to the left of the main castle buildings with its chimneys and observation tower, all of which have been removed.

The building to the right of the tower is Whitworth Hall, paid for by the Sir Joseph Whitworth Estate.

The church tower on the right is St John's, originally the chapel to St John's Hospital, whose 13th-century core survives nearby.

The town hall tower shows above the entrance. The houses and shops on the right were pulled down shortly after our photograph was taken.

The prominence of the church tower is emphasised well.

Until 1883, only its tower was visible; then two pubs which jutted into the street, one on each side, were demolished for road improvement.

Unfortunately, the chapel lost its quality by the addition in 1953 of a plain, squat tower that seems a poor design and most injudicious.

The battlemented tower of St Bartholomew's (left) just shows above the row of rather good brick and tile cottages, into which the post office has been thrust.

Ascend the clock tower of St Nicholas's parish church and see six of the county's major rivers - the Humber, the Don, the Went, the Ouse, the Trent and the Aire.

The initials TH and LHH which appear over the tower door and on the family pew stand for Thomas Hibbert and his sister Letitia Hamilton Hibbert, of Birtles Hall.

Avenham Tower can be seen in the trees to the right, and the paths lead away to Frenchwood.

The 15th-century local granite and limestone church tower of St Peter and St Paul, heavily restored in 1872 by P W Ordish, shows above the houses of quality which bound The Green.

The steam mill probably did most of the work, as it was the most reliable power source. The windmill was built in 1813; its tower was demolished in 1952, leaving just the roofed-over base.

The church is an excellent one of about 1160, with a central tower and 15th-century nave arcades, but heavy-handed Victorian restoration has somewhat spoiled things.