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The elegant Victorian life boat house with its round tower and conical roof, quite new at this time, has now gone, and a modern concrete life boat station replaces it further south-east, painted an attractive

The trees which conceal the south-west towers have now been removed. The steps too were taken out in the 1980s. Here they lead up the motte to the Castle House, which now houses the town's museum.

In its early years the main entrance to Charterhouse was along Peperharow Road, seen here from the water tower on Frith Hill. Development with houses for staff was rapid.

The tower, also timbered, is unique in the county.

The clock tower was built in 1873 to replace a church on the site, which had itself been replaced by a new church in nearby Broad Street.

Only remnants of its medieval tower survive. It collapsed in 1724, and was never rebuilt.

It boasts one of the best churches in Dorset, with an 800-year-old porch and a stunning 15th-century tower, built by the local squire Sir Thomas Trenchard.

The Guildhall (left) with its tower was built in 1881, and the Town Hall (right) was added in 1887 in commemoration of Queen Victoria's golden jubilee.

It was during the construction of the Hall that a Roman inscription stone was discovered, commemorating the completion of a signal tower on the site in about AD400.

This tower mill still stands, though it is now a private house and has lost its sails.

This view shows the Clock Tower and a surprisingly empty Market Place.

This view shows the Clock Tower and a surprisingly empty Market Place.

Here we see the black and white cottages of 'Churchside' with their thatched roofs, and the tower of All Saints', dating from the 14th century.

The pinnacled tower of Swanwick's parish church stands four-square at the end of Derby Road.

This medieval flint tower belonged to St Peter's church. However, it now simply serves as the vestibule to the public library.

The lower part of the tower is 13th-century, though it uses salvaged Roman stone. There is some 15th-century stained glass acquired second-hand from Bacton, Herefordshire.

The pinnacle to the right of Victoria Tower has now been restored.

This old tower windmill is on Old Windmill Hill between Blackdown Barracks and Elizabeth Barracks in Deepcut and Pirbright Camps.

The tower of Litlington church can be seen in the distance. The farmhouse is still inhabited and well conserved.

The church of St John Baptist dates back to Norman times, when it consisted of a west tower, nave and chancel.

Looking towards the church tower spire and the south entrance into the baptistry.

The tower has a unique formation: the upper part is built crosswise to the lower. It is said that it is theoretically unstable architecturally, but it has stood for 500 years.

Standing at the cross-roads in the centre of the town is the clock tower, which was erected by public subscription in 1876.

Exeter's spacious cathedral is 13th-century with earlier Norman towers. It suffered dur- ing the Dissolution and again at the hands of Cromwell's men.