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The ruined gatehouse of Llandaff Castle was probably built in the early 14th century, though it was remodelled a couple of hundred years later when mullion and transomed windows were installed in its western

The asymmetrical frontage of the palace was designed by Sir Jeffry Wyattville, who later went on to work on the re-construction of Windsor Castle (for which he was knighted), and the Pantheon and St Anne's

Brougham Castle, a red sandstone pile on the River Eamont, two miles south-east of Penrith, was the last resting place of the legendary Lady Anne Clifford, Countess of Dorset.

The castle was built by the newly-arrived Norman invaders to control the only landward entrance into the town, from the north.

This vista of Falmouth Bay was photographed from Pendennis Castle. Falmouth was renowned for its equable climate, and Victorian holidaymakers flocked to enjoy its sub-tropical balm.

The Normans may have settled around their castle, but the first settlement on the hilltop was probably near the site of the present church.

This is not so much a castle, more a country house, built for the first Earl of Lonsdale by Sir Robert Smirke between 1806 and 1811.

The forbidding walls that surround the castle can be seen in the background. Originally there were six postern towers; the one at Fishergate is now the only one that remains unaltered.

On the left is a large sweeping brush head trade sign, now in the York Castle Museum: it advertised Seale's Brush and Mat Warehouse.The lamp to the forefront on the Londesbro Arms has now disappeared

The castle stands on Piel Island, and guarded the passage to the deep-water harbour.

At this time, the Dukes of Rutland had virtually deserted the hall and removed themselves to their other estate at Belvoir Castle in Leicestershire.

This is not so much a castle, more a country house, built for the first Earl of Lonsdale by Sir Robert Smirke in 1806-11.

This same view of two Tintagel castles could be photographed today.

Beyond is the castle where King John died in 1216, the year after Magna Carta. The spire of St Mary Magdalene (centre) is 240 ft tall.

But from 1870 until 1891 the house was the home of island owner George Cavendish- Bentinck, who preferred to live there rather than the Castle.

The cliffs and castle are sublime, with plunging chasms and precipices, and rough fragments of wall, bastion and gateway bound by china clay mortar.

It was once a walled settlement with a castle. This agreeable street has many fine old shopfronts, some multi-paned and dating from the late Georgian period.

A superb view looking up the Western Cleddau into Haverfordwest with the castle in the center and the tower of St Thomas a Becket on the hill overlooking it.

On the hill above the town stand the ruins of Knaresborough Castle, which was destroyed by Parliament in 1648.

The Castle Hotel looks iced as exuberantly as a birthday cake.

These old houses are to be found in the shadow of Tattershall Castle and next to the collegiate church of the Holy Trinity.

The four round towers of the castle which enclose the courtyard can be climbed to a considerable height.

Looking uphill with the castle hidden in the trees ahead. The post office with shop is the former school house (1858). The village school was on the right through the little gate.

The area in the right foreground below the Priory was once known as 'The Werkes' where stone from the Isles of Purbeck, and Wight, was taken for the castle and Priory.