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the east end, Marton's church of St James and St Paul is one of the oldest surviving timber churches in Europe - it was founded in 1343 by Sir John de Davenport, and hence the pub across the road is called

There is yellow brickwork on the inside wall surfaces and painted tiles depicting saints on the chancel walls. The east window has stained glass dating back to the late 1940s.

It was extensively rebuilt in the 13th century with a shell keep, bailey wall, and a strong gatehouse on the south-west side.

Low wooden stalls along the walls of the choir accommodate the College; a large expanse of bare wall was left to be filled with a series of wall paintings.

The high walls of Petworth House dominate the west side of the town.

These awe-inspiring and formidable walls and gates were knocked down in 1934. At that time there were no conservation laws, and anything that was in the way of progress was destroyed.

Silver Street originally stood just outside the city walls, linking Lowesmoor with Corn Market, until it was cut off from the latter by the construction of City Walls Road.

The keep (with the flagpole) was raised to three storeys and the outer walls and towers refaced in the 1820s: the walls still look remarkably fresh in 2000.

In medieval times, Great Yarmouth was walled on three sides, with just the river side open.

These awe-inspiring and formidable walls and gates were knocked down in the 1920s. At that time there were no conservation laws, and anything that was in the way of progress was destroyed.

Outside the city walls and isolated from the rest of Portsmouth, Spice Island was once filled with sailors and press gangs.

Outside the city walls and isolated from the rest of Portsmouth, Spice Island was once filled with sailors and press gangs.

The stone bench along the wall was the only seating in medieval times, and origin of the saying 'the weakest go to the wall'.

Quite early on, the motte's defences were improved with the building of a stone wall around it, and the earliest stone building appears to have been a hall in the western bailey.

Here we see the buildings on the harbour wall of the Cobb, as we look eastwards through the entrance (left) to Cain's Folly and Stonebarrow Hill, from where National Trust land now extends to Golden Cap

The roof and main walls of the old church were retained and the walls encased in flint. The old bell tower was also transformed into an attractive shingled spire.

The projection of the nave walls beyond the wall of the chancel would, as in many churches, have housed the rood-stair in the past.

The sea walls still show some resemblance to the walls of a jetty. By the 1950s, visitors to the beach were mainly from the numerous caravan sites in the area.

A large number of wooden walls were retained by the Navy for various harbour duties. Some served as training ships, others were reduced to storage and coal hulks.

The Trelawnys of Coldrenick are ever present - on the extreme left is a Trelawny wall monument. Much of the church is 15th-century, restored in the 1860s.

The chimney and wall on the old bakery (left) were removed when the wall collapsed under the weight of the ivy, and a new extension was built.

The Crown Inn (right) still looks the same, but the stone wall has been reduced in height.

The Crown Inn (right) still looks the same, but the stone wall has been reduced in height.

These walls date from 1505, but the building becomes older as it rises to the west. The original church, dating back to Anglo-Saxon times, was cruciform in plan.