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When Balliol walked into Brechin Castle to meet Bishop Anthony Bek of Durham, the Bishop ripped the red and gold arms of Scotland off Balliol's tunic.

Built in 1249 to defend the town from French raids, by the late 14th century the castle was used by the town corporation before being sold in 1430 to one John de Ypres; it was bought back by the corporation

This brief tour ignores the Georgian houses of High Pavement, the castle and the famous Lace Market area to descend to the River Trent.

Maid Marian Way, built between 1958 and 1966, was a disaster: its crass dual carriageway cut a swathe that separates the castle area from the rest of the city.

Bletchingley also had a castle, which was destroyed in 1264, and from 1285 to 1832 it had MPs. The church is a good one - the tower is basically Norman.

A corner of the 13th-century castle can be seen at the top right of the picture, though our main subject is the country house built by Thomas Mansel Talbot in the 1770s and its 19th-century additions.

Castell Coch has featured in a number of films, both for screen and television.

In 1544 the English were back, burning five towns, sacking 243 villages, and destroying Roslin Castle.

The money was found to purchase the estate, but plans to rebuild the castle looked in doubt.

They were patrons of Margam Abbey, an ancient Cistercian foundation, and they also built Margam Castle.

The original tower was probably the first part of the castle to be built of stone, though its internal buildings were still wooden.

Visible evidence of medieval Sultan is sparse, but remnants of the castle motte survive to the west of the parish church.

As well as the castle, the parish church of St Mary's is considered to be one of the finest in Yorkshire, having been rebuilt in white magnesian limestone in the late 14th century, though some earlier

There is evidence that the earliest bricks in Fareham come from Portchester Castle.

This picture is one of the great views of Cornwall, looking down St Stephen's Hill towards the valley of the River Kensey, with the jumble of houses clinging to the hillside beyond, capped by the castle

It was the seat of the De Braoses, with a mighty stone castle; but its keep of about 1100 is now merely a fragment, for the market and town migrated to nearby Steyning when the Adur silted up.

Here, at the centre of what is still one of Northamptonshire's largest estates, a vast Elizabethan mansion replaces a ruined castle.

Ivy and creeper cover the attractive features of what is known as the Town Gate or Castle Lodge.

This building was often known as 'Castle Corset'. The Spirella Company came to Letchworth in 1910. The new factory was commissioned in 1912, and was built over the following eight years.

A mile or so west of Effingham, the Guildford road cranks past a medieval fairy-tale castle.

Built to replace the ruinous Lowther Hall, damaged by fire in 1720, the Castle was designed by Sir Robert Smirke for William Lowther, Earl of Lonsdale.

Situated on the north bank of the Medway, the original motte and bailey castle was replaced with stone by the early 13th century, when the shell keep was built.

For his defence of Ogmore Castle against the Welsh, Arnold de Boteler was awarded the manor of Dunraven by William de Londres.

St Mary de Castro Church c1955 St.Mary de Castro, situated as its name implies within the medieval castle, was founded by Robert de Beaumont in 1107 as a secular college, but by c1143 it had