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All that remains is a double tower; although still standing, it is now in danger of total collapse.

The wonderful church of All Saints has a fine 13th-century tower with lancet windows inserted into blind arcades. The belfry is embattled, with turrets at the corners.

In the centre of the small green is the clock tower and lock-up; it has a small bell turret and weather-vane.

The church has a large square tower striped horizontally.

Peering over the rooftops on the right-hand side is the solid 16th-century tower of the church of St Peter and St Paul, built of stone from Northamptonshire.

Just beyond the green is the 12th-century church of St Michael, with its Norman tower and font.

Just behind that is the tower of the parish church of St Mary Magdalene, which is renowned for its stitched patterned kneelers.

When built, Chirk was an Edwardian square castle with a drum-tower at each angle, though by 1310 work was under way to extend it.

This gateway was called Packe Gates when it was the entrance to the long drive to clifftop Branksome Tower, built for Sir Charles Packe in 1852.

This rather ponderous Victorian Gothic building, designed by Raphael Brandon (1817-77), is faced in ironstone, with a heavy spire and tower.

Looking north-west past the village cross, we see the church with its curiously plain tower and mean spire.

The Guildhall (left) with its tower was built in 1881, and the Town Hall (right) was added in 1887 in commemoration of Queen Victoria's golden jubilee.

The clock tower at the northern end of the High Street was built to commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee in 1887.

The lofty spire of St Michael's Church is perched above a Perpendicular flint tower topped with a red-brick upper storey.

The nave and chancel were rebuilt in 1328-33 and the tower is older.

Designed by Henry Collings in 1926 and faced in brick and stone, the Clock Tower overshadows Memorial Square and the market place.

The ruins date from the 12th to the 15th centuries; the tower, which was built between 1492 and 1524, is the latest part.

The fine Georgian tower of St Peter's church was built in 1758, replacing the medieval one which was damaged by an earthquake in 1692.

Part of ancient Norwich, Cow Tower was once an integral part of the city wall. Much of this was dismantled in the 19th century, although it was reputedly in a poor state of repair.

At the centre of this photograph lies the Norman tower of Oxford Castle. Within its precincts lie a Saxon mound and a Norman crypt.

It is mainly a 15th-century building, with the sandstone tower dated to 1480. There are several charming thatched cottages in the centre of the village.

The central tower has an impressive vaulted ceiling.

The tower stands out because of its unique design of an unusual octagonal shingled spire. In 1853 the great-grandparents of Queen Elizabeth II married here.

The church was founded in 1107 and was the cause of bitter rivalry between town and prior, culminating in each faction building its own 15th-century bell towers.