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This castellated building in Cirencester was the barracks of the Royal North... (more)

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Looking along the top of the curtain wall towards the East Tower.

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Stairs leading down through the curtain wall from the battlements at the top.

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The upper wall walks are magnets for people to look out over the Thames as much... (more)

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"The beauty of Martock is the lacy pierced embattled parapet of the early... (more)

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From ca. 1150 and 24 metres high: the corner towers and battlements were added... (more)

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This extensive home at the top of the hill was built by the local mill owners,... (more)

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A fine granite villa beside the kirk with bow windows and stylised battlements above.

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A C-listed villa (see:... (more)

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Graffito on the battlements of Smailholm Tower. No idea who he [? probably] was,... (more)

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The tower of has 3 stages and 2-light belfry openings all around. It has a... (more)

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The castle, which overlooks Castle Circus and lends its name to other placenames... (more)

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A wider view of SX9164 : Language school, Torquay from across Castle Road. "1830s neo-Gothic villa... (more)

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A similar set of decorations to SX8060 : Pinnacle, porch, St Mary's church, Totnes, also showing the battlemented... (more)

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One of the "three storey pavilions with full height splayed bays and... (more)

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The perpendicular windows, battlements and pinnacles of the south aisle (built ca. 1425).

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This fine castellated building at the top of Cirencester's Cicely Hill,... (more)

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St Michael's Mount has had a strategic importance over the years. These... (more)

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The view towards Shrewsbury Castle over Castle Gates.

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No way in here while restoration work proceeds.

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Hotel and Chinese restaurant. Formerly the Blue Anchor.

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The arcade is part of the gothic-style rebuilding of Tollerton Hall in 1820.

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Castle Rushen is one of the best preserved castles in the British Isles. It was... (more)

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Main entrance to castle via drawbridge over the dry moat into the inner ward.

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Built in the 1890s for Thomas Davies, manager of the local St George's... (more)

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Scottish Renaissance mansion with later additions.

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Scottish Renaissance mansion with later additions, on an open day.

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Grade I listed... (more)

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Short section of reconstructed boundary wall of Llys Llwelyn, a medieval Welsh... (more)

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...as seen from the outside. The walled garden is B-listed (LB21989):... (more)

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The classic view from the south-west of the spectacular Perpendicular church... (more)

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The north side of what started life in the early C19 as stables, converted in... (more)

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The former customs house and now an upmarket seafood restaurant:... (more)

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It is thought that this strange building dates from the 1790s and originally... (more)

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Dating from ca. 1800 and formerly a shooting lodge; grade-II listed:... (more)

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A distinctive piece of early 19th century domestic architecture. The house was... (more)

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B-listed villa from 1900 with Scottish baronial details:... (more)

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Featuring the three lions of England.

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The C16 gatehouse... (more)

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Now converted into residential accommodation. One of only a small number of... (more)

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An unflattering view of this idiosyncratic 19th century building, Listed Grade... (more)

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This was part of significant expansion of the church in the 15th century.

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