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Raised well above the road, with its emaciated battlemented tower and unimaginative body, it was designed by William ), who was at the time Architect to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and the designer

Dating mainly from the 13th century, it features an impressive square west tower, an aisled nave, transepts and chancel.

The tower was the Georgian St James's church of 1768, whose blitzed ruins were finally demolished in 1957.

Perched high on its hill in the background at left is the tower erected to commemorate John Cabot's voyage.

The fire station and its tower dominate the scene, with the ambulance station and complementary education buildings to the right.

E J Riley's, once the towering giant of snooker and billiards and based in the town, had a shop on the left. They also made other sports equipment such as golf clubs and bowls.

The Norman tower and later spire of St Michael's parish church watches over the busy Yorkersgate.

The top of the tower, built by Richard Hull in 1766, gives those who climb the 75 steps to its battlements views that, on a clear day, are said to extend across a dozen counties.

in 1539 by Henry VIII, it is said to have had a Gothic spire higher than that of Salisbury Cathedral and, according to a medieval manuscript, a flying monk called Elmer who flew from the tower

It has a fine Perpendicular-style tower with chequer-work battlements and elegant corner pinnacles.

The church is unusual because the slope of the ground down to Puddingmore meant that the tower had to be built on firmer ground to the south-east of the building.

Many of its towers were built for show and serve no purpose whatsoever.

Rising above the High Street are the tower and delicate spire of All Saints' Church, built in the 18th century to replace a Norman church which was destroyed when the spire collapsed on top of it in

Eastbourne's Grand Parade consisted of three terraces stretching from the Wish Tower to the Pier; it has been described as 'one of the finest of its kind in England.'

Three of the five bells hanging in the church tower date from the 15th century.

The twin Italianate towers of St George's Church dominate this view of Kendal, across the River Kent and its weir.

Situated six miles south-east of Mold, Caergwrle is a small castle comprising the ruins of three round towers and a polygonal turret; it was captured and destroyed in 1282.

It is distinguished by its fine tower and spire, which is based on the 'crown' of the medieval St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh. The spire is carried on four converging flying buttresses.

This photograph, taken from the tower of the Town Hall, looks down past the formal square to the buildings of Bishop Street, which include the reference library by Edward Burgess of 1904 and the former

The porch to the church dates back to Norman times (13th century), the aisle from the 14th and the tower from the 15th century.

The round dormer window at the top admitted light to the roof space which housed two large hook for raising and lowering the boat on to its carriage.

After demolition, the cupola from the roof tower was used, and can still be seen, on the nearby Metropole Hotel.

The tower and spire survive today, but are dwarfed by 1980s and 1990s office blocks. Francis Frith's Sussex A Century Ago

We are looking upstream, towards the Abberley Hills in the distance, with the tower and spire of the otherwise demolished St Andrew's Church prominent on the right.