Parish Church Of St Mary And All Saints (Chesterfield)
United Kingdom /
England /
Chesterfield /
B6543 St Mary's Gate, 33
World
/ United Kingdom
/ England
/ Chesterfield
World / United Kingdom / England
church, Grade I Listed (UK)
Parish church in Chesterfield, world famous for it's crooked spire.
The spire is both twisted and leaning, twisting 45 degrees and leaning 9 feet 6 inches (2.90 m) from its true centre. The leaning characteristic is believed to be the result of the absence of skilled craftsmen (the Black Death had been gone only twelve years prior to the spire's completion), insufficient cross-bracing, and the use of unseasoned timber.
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The spire is both twisted and leaning, twisting 45 degrees and leaning 9 feet 6 inches (2.90 m) from its true centre. The leaning characteristic is believed to be the result of the absence of skilled craftsmen (the Black Death had been gone only twelve years prior to the spire's completion), insufficient cross-bracing, and the use of unseasoned timber.
www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-83446-church-of-st-...
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesterfield_Parish_Church
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 53°14'10"N 1°25'27"W
- Greenhill Methodist Church 11 km
- St Mary's Church. 17 km
- St Giles Church, Great Longstone 18 km
- St James Church 23 km
- St. Oswald's Church 32 km
- St Mary's Catholic Church 35 km
- Derby Cathedral 35 km
- St Peter's Church 35 km
- Abbey Church 45 km
- St Christopher's Church 45 km
- Town Centre 0.3 km
- Tapton Golf Club 1.2 km
- Spital 1.4 km
- James Watson Scaffolding 1.5 km
- Brampton 1.6 km
- Hady 1.7 km
- Whittington Moor 2.4 km
- Boythorpe 2.6 km
- Brimington 2.9 km
- Holmebrook Valley Park 3.3 km