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This great castle mound is perhaps best seen from the top of church tower: it is a fine example of a motte and bailey.

The Royal Marine Hotel on the left has now succumbed to a towering ten storey block of flats, Metropole Court, one of three architectural disasters along the sea front.

The large square tower was restored after it was struck by lightning in 1896. The little stream, in the immediate foreground, gives the village its name.

The tower, 162 feet high, and the rich roofscape of crocketted pinnacles and pierced battlements, dominate the town.

The buildings on the right belong to the school with the Victoria Tower, the main entrance, dominating the scene. Opposite is the splendid porch with Ionic columns complete with mud scapers.

This view of its sloping, circular, cobbled Market Place was taken from the tower of Holy Trinity Church, now a museum for the Green Howards Regiment from nearby Catterick Garrison.

In the distance is the church of St Mary Major with its massive 13th-century tower, square at the base and octagonal at the top.

A viaduct carries the road across Careg Ddu and passes the grand water tower, whose purely functional purpose was for routine maintenance.

In the background is the turreted tower of St Mary's parish church.

The church was re-built c1220 and was once graced with a tower (subsequently removed and not replaced, hence its rather stunted appearance).

Laleham's charming parish church has a tower dating back to 1732; it has been altered somewhat since this photograph was taken.

Opposite is the Royal Hotel, with its red brick facade, steep roofs and decorative towers, promising the Victorian traveller a sophisticated welcome.

A peaceful view of Howth harbour, looking along the sea wall towards the tower and the east pier. Rowing boats are moored in the harbour.

Further along the street the former Italianate Corn Exchange with its rather odd timber bell tower can be seen.

The long esplanade is one of Penzance's great assets; here we look towards the harbour area, with the lofty church tower as a prominent landmark.

St Bartholomew's Church is Victorian; its tower and spire are 120 feet high.

The 320ft-high Big Ben clock tower attached to the new Palace of Westminster was just 38 years old at this time.

The tower of the Holy Trinity Church peers over the fine silk and jeweller's stores.

Uplyme's church tower is 47 feet high and a prominent landmark, once used a triangulation station by mapmakers.

This prospect of the castle from the Gloucestershire side of the bridge clearly illustrates how commanding the Great Tower appears, and why the young J M W Turner was so inspired to paint

The west tower with its openwork loops dates from 1620, and is an earlier rebuilding. Inside is a monument to Sir Nicholas Mosley (1612), his two wives and children.

In 1800, shortly after the roof of Chelmsford's future cathedral had collapsed, the tower of All Saints', Writtle, followed suit.

Its broad tower dominates the city skyline.

The south tower is ashlar-faced, with big buttresses; it is Perpendicular, as is the north arcade and the clerestory.