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The great Norman crossing tower has windows high up, which flood the crossing with light. This view shows the Norman work well, with the network of 15th-century vault ribs receding into the distance.

Dedicated to St Mary Magdalene, Westoning's parish church closely follows other church architecture in Bedfordshire villages, being in the Early English style with battlements and buttresses and a tower

The late Norman tower of Oxford Castle overlooks a branch of the river which cuts between various small factories and dilapidated buildings.

This is another view of one of Newbury's best-loved local landmarks – the Clock Tower.

This is the main shopping street, and it leads up to the Victorian clock tower at one end from the railway station at the other.

Henry II's great keep stands high above the mural towers of the inner bailey. It was under Henry and his son Richard I that Dover was transformed into one of the greatest fortresses in the kingdom.

This is a fine clear photograph of this ivy- clad school building with its typical Victorian architecture and interesting bell tower.

A picturesque vista of Holt Hall, with its towering chimneys and many gables, cradled in magnificent parkland with shady trees.

The tower of the church is early Perpendicular, and it was used as a watchtower by Rishton families during the Wars of the Roses.

The town fathers imported a Birmingham architect, W Tadman Foulkes, who did them proud: what a wonderful tower.

Glasgow Cathedral survives almost intact and is said to be the most complete in Scotland, having lost only its western towers which were dismantled during the nineteenth century.

The ornate fountain and clock tower forms the centrepiece of the Market Place, but it looks as though Willenhall will soon have another attraction, the Zorba Grill—no doubt inspired by the film starring

Above this arch there is an impressive clock tower.

This church, with its 120 ft high tower, occupies a large triangular churchyard. The 14th-century chancel was demolished in 1581, but rebuilt in 1867.

The line is long-since closed, but this towering sixteen-arch structure stands as a lasting reminder of Victorian skill and energy.

Largely covered by creeper, Christ Church Tower dominates this striking Victorian photograph.

The garderobe pits—the medieval toilets—are shown on the foreground, with the stone and flint walls of the tower behind.

We can also see the distinctive square Tower Building to the right. The floating road was supported on pontoons that rose and fell with the tide, which is high in our photo.

The walls were 15ft thick, and like the gatehouses they were flanked by six towers. Beaumaris was, in fact, never completed.

It has not got the towering Gothic grandeur of some of Lancashire's other town halls, but it does have a certain splendour. It was built at a cost of £29,428 16s 3d.

The small section with the bell tower is the only remaining part of the old Freeston High School; it was built in 1592 with an endowment from John Freeston, who lived at Altofts Hall.

This view is looking from Peveril Point to the Clock Tower (centre), showing its original spire, which was replaced by a cupola in 1904 after fundamentalist Christian protests that spires only

Heysham Tower was built by T J Knowles in about 1837, and it was the home of the Cawthra family.

The soaring parish church tower, carefully rebuilt following its collapse in 1785, closes the view.