A crooked spire, (also known as a twisted spire) is a tower that, through accident or design, contains a twist or does not point perfectly straight upwards. There are about a hundred bell towers of this type in Europe.
Austria edit
- Alpbach, Tyrol - Saint Oswald
- Bad Ischl, Upper Austria - Saint Nicholas
- Mayrhofen, Tyrol - church
- Oetz, Imst - Saints George & Nicholas
- Virgen, Lienz - church
- Wagrain, St. Johann im Pongau District - Saint Rupert
- Zell am Ziller, Schwaz - Saint Guy
Belgium edit
- Baelen, Liège - Saint Paul
- Herve, Liège Province - Saint John the Baptist
- Jalhay, Liège Province - Saint Michael
- Jodoigne, Walloon Brabant - Chapel of Notre Dame du Marche
- Lierneux, Liège Province - church
- Limbourg, Liège Province - Saint Lambert
- Leernes, Hainaut Province - Saint Martin
- Marchin, Liège Province - parish church
- Polleur, Theux - Saint Jacques
- Roosdaal, Flemish Brabant - xiiie siècle
- Sart-lez-Spa, Jalhay - Saint Lambert
- Verlaine, Liège Province - Saint Remy
Canada edit
- Clarke's Head, Newfoundland and Labrador - Christ Church
Denmark edit
England edit
- Barnstaple, Devon - St. Peter's church
- Chesterfield, Derbyshire - Church of St Mary and All Saints
- Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire - St Mary's Church
- Clitheroe, Lancashire - Church of St Mary Magdalene
- Ermington, Devon - Church of St Peter and St Paul [1]
- Ewhurst Green, East Sussex - St James's Church
- Hadleigh, Suffolk - Church of St Mary
France edit
- Aignay-le-Duc, Côte-d'Or - Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul
- Angiens, Seine-Maritime - church
- Attignat, Ain - Saint Loup
- Aubigny-sur-Nère, Cher - tower
- Auppegard, Seine-Maritime - Church of St. Pierre
- Auxonne, Côte-d'Or - Notre Dame
- Barran, Gers - College of St Jean Baptiste
- Boësses, Loiret - church
- Boulancourt, Seine-et-Marne - Saint Denis
- Bourges, Cher - Bell tower
- Breuvannes-en-Bassigny, Haute-Marne - Saint George
- Bures-en-Bray, Seine-Maritime - Saint Aignan
- Ceyzériat, Ain - Saint Laurent
- Châteauroux, Indre - Lucarne
- Cheffes, Maine-et-Loire - church
- Chemiré-sur-Sarthe, Maine-et-Loire - Church of Saint Jacques
- Courcelles-Chaussy, Lorraine - Tower
- Coussay-les-Bois, Vienne - Saint Martin
- Dinéault, Finistère - Arrow tower
- Distré, Maine-et-Loire - Church of Saint Julien
- Dohis, Aisne - church of the Nativité-de-la-Sainte-Vierge
- Drancy, Seine-Saint-Denis - tower
- Échirolles, Isère - construction on a building
- Étréaupont, Aisne - Saint Martin
- Étoges, Marne - church
- Fontaine-Guérin, Maine-et-Loire - Church of St Martin
- Fougere, Maine-et-Loire - Saint Etienne
- Gigny, Yonne - Saint Leger
- Hectomare, Eure - Saint Taurin
- Houville-la-Branche, Eure-et-Loir - church
- Jarzé, Maine-et-Loire - Saint Cyr et Sainte Julitte
- Javerlhac-et-la-Chapelle-Saint-Robert, Dordogne - Saint Etienne
- Labergement-lès-Seurre, Côte-d'Or - church
- La Tour-d'Auvergne, Auvergne - Saint Pardoux
- Le Vieil-Baugé, Maine-et-Loire - Saint-Symphorien church
- Les Grands-Chézeaux, Haute-Vienne - Lantern on a roof of a house
- Malville, Loire-Atlantique - tower
- Marçon, Pays de la Loire - Church of Notre Dame
- Mervans, Saône-et-Loire - Saint-Maurice
- Meslay-du-Maine, Mayenne - Saint Pierre
- Mouliherne, Maine-et-Loire - Saint Germaine
- Naillat, Limousin - Saint Medard
- Niedermorschwihr, Haut-Rhin - Saint Gall and Saint Weldelin
- Nogent-sur-Vernisson, Loiret - construction on a house
- Nohant-en-Graçay, Cher - Saint Martin
- Offranville, Seine-Maritime - Church of St.Ouen
- Orléans, Loiret - Lantern roof on a house
- Payzac, Dordogne - Church of the Transfigeration
- Plougrescant, Brittany - Saint Gonery
- Pontigné, Maine-et-Loire - St Denis
- Puiseaux, Loiret - Notre Dame
- Québriac, Ille-et-Vilaine - Saint Pierre
- Reugny, Indre-et-Loire - Saint Medard
- Rochechouart, Haute-Vienne - Saint Saviours
- Rodelle, Aveyron - Church of Lagnac
- Saint-Aubin-sur-Gaillon, Eure - Saint Germain
- Saint-Bonnet-de-Four, l'Allier - Saint Bonnet
- Saint-Côme-d'Olt, Aveyron - Saint Come
- Saint-Outrille, Cher - College of Saint-Austrégésile de Saint-Outrille
- Saint-Côme-d'Olt, Aveyron - Church of Saint-Côme-d'Olt
- Saint-Pierre-des-Échaubrognes, Deux-Sèvres - church
- Saint-Viâtre, Loir-et-Cher - Saint Viatre
- Saumur, Maine-et-Loire - Saint Pierre
- Sérignac-sur-Garonne, Lot-et-Garonne - Notre Dame
- Treignac, Corrèze - Chapel of Notre Dame de la Paix
- Troyes, Aube - Saint Remy
- Verchin, Pas-de-Calais - St Omer church
- Vézelise, Meurthe-et-Moselle - Saint Côme et Damien
- Vieil-Baugé, Maine-et-Loire - church
- Vitteaux, Côte-d'Or - Saint Germain
Germany edit
- Ballstädt, Gotha (district) - church
- Barntrup, North Rhine-Westphalia - church
- Breidenbach, Hesse -
- Burgwedel, Lower Saxony - Saint Pierre
- Delbrück, North Rhine-Westphalia- Saint-Jean-Baptiste
- Duderstadt, Lower Saxony - Town gatehouse
- Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia - St Lambertus
- Grötzingen, Karlsruhe - Evangelical church
- Hardthausen am Kocher, Baden-Wuerttemberg - Protestant Church Gochsen
- Hattingen, North Rhine-Westphalia - Saint-Georges
- Kaisersesch, Rhineland-Palatinate - Saint Pancrase
- Lage, Lippe - Saint Peter & Saint Paul
- Lemgo, Lippe - Saint Nicholas
- Lüneburg, Lower Saxony - St John's Church
- Mayen, Rhineland-Palatinate - Church of St Clemens
- Mülheim, North Rhine-Westphalia - Saint Pierre
- Münzenberg, Hesse - church
- Neuwied, Rhineland-Palatinate - Sainte Marguerite
- Northeim, Lower Saxony - Saint Sixt
- Oberwesel, Rhineland-Palatinate - Notre Dame
- Ochsenfurt, Lower Franconia - Maria Schnee
- Porta Westfalica, Minden-Lübbecke - church
- Sandstedt, Lower Saxony - Saint Jean
- Stolzenau, Lower Saxony - Saint Jacques
- Uslar, Lower Saxony - Saint Jean
Italy edit
Scotland edit
Switzerland edit
- Davos, Canton of Grisons - Saint Johann
- Muttenz, Basel-Landschaft - Fortified Church of St. Arbogast
- Payerne, Canton of Vaud - Payerne Priory
- Stein am Rhein, Canton of Schaffhausen - St. George
United States of America edit
Other crooked or twisted spires edit
- Hobsons Brewery, Worcestershire, produces a beer named "Twisted Spire".[2]
- Spire Brewery is named for Chesterfield's landmark twisted spire.
- "Crooked Spire" Pubs exist at Chesterfield [3] and Ermington [4]
- Architects have been inspired to create twisted buildings such as the Turning Torso
See also edit
External links edit
References edit
- ^ "The Spire". ermingtonchurch.org.uk.
- ^ "HOBSONS Twisted Spire". Hobsons.
- ^ "Crooked Spire". closedpubs.co.uk.
- ^ "The Crooked Spire". francisfrith.com.
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