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The Tea Gardens have long closed, but peeping over the roof is the squat battlemented tower of de Braose's Norman church, brutally treated subsequently, but notable for the 1070s tower arch capitals: wonderfully

This is one of fifteen towers built with the defensive walls of the town between 1284 and 1396.

A wave of hostility met Butterfield's plans for the new church tower. This was an emotive issue, with the original long having been a landmark for locals and ships' pilots alike.

The present church of St John's occupies the nave of the former priory; the choir and chancel were destroyed in 1470 when the central tower collapsed.

This monumental clock tower, surmounted by a richly-decorated belfry and spire, is known more popularly as Big Ben, and was designed by E B Denison in 1858 after considerable technical difficulties.

Much of the Abbey would have been designed with arches, openings and decorations similar to those that survive on the Norman Tower.

The church tower presides over the east end of Fore Street, where two prams and a barrow are the only wheeled traffic on a sunny day.

This modern clock tower is part of Silchester House, built in 1820, but the clock tower is more modern. Silchester House is an attractive gabled rambling building with decorative chimneys.

Work on the palace began during the reign of James VI, when the north-west tower was built up against the nave of Holyrood Abbey.

A temporary wall separates it from the crossing tower and the dust from the building works beyond the west tower arch.

In the centre is the square gate tower with its arched water gate. Boats could enter the castle through the water gate, as there was a small quay to the rear of the tower.

The clock tower with its slated spire-like roof sits on the western range of the claustral buildings, above the enclosed garden to its west and the small cloister to its east.

An atmospheric view of St Mary's south porch and tower, in 1903. The tower shows patches of cement rendering now removed.

The forework is a high tower which extends into the moat and dates from the remodelling of the castle by James IV and James V.

Belsay, to the north west of Newcastle, is a 14th-century Northumbrian three-storey tower with a large room on each floor; there are other rooms off the projections.

The Round Tower can be seen beyond the Henry VIII Gate. The original tower was probably the first part of the castle to be built of stone, though its internal buildings were still wooden.

The tower, which features a corbelled stair turret, dates from 1578; this was the time when what are now termed the Z3 castles were beginning to prove popular with Scottish lords.

Launceston Castle is of the classic motte and bailey design: a high central tower stands on a mound surrounded by the bailey defences.

Launceston Castle is of the classic motte and bailey design: a high central tower stands on a mound surrounded by the bailey defences.

The layout of Stamford, climbing gently in terraces up from the Welland, is well shown in this photograph from St Martin's church tower. The churches of All Saints, St John, and St Mary stand out.

This excellent view from the church tower shows the whole village and its rural surroundings.

The tower of St Bartholomew's church dominates this view of Orford. The upper part of the tower collapsed in 1830, and it was not until the early 1960s that reconstruction began, ending in 1971.

This view shows the Hammersmith bank's suspension tower and the 'chains' in close detail.

We can see here that two square towers flank the archway; these are in turn supported by a pair of octagonal towers. Between the two sets of towers there was once a moat spanned by a drawbridge.