Twisted by roachling

Twisted

I was supposed to be doing things at the house today, but something else came up and I ended up in Chesterfield, home to the famous crooked spire which I have loved since I was a little girl! The spire leans over by 9 feet and 5 inches and there are 32 tons of lead on it. There are a few variations of the story of how it got the twist, generally involving the devil, but in truth it was built of green wood and so twisted as the wood dried, under the weight of all that lead.

I love that spire. No wonder it twisted with that much lead on it!
January 13th, 2018  
Fabulous spire, great capture
January 13th, 2018  
Wow, thats unusual!
January 14th, 2018  
Fascinating!
January 14th, 2018  
We used to go through Chesterfield a lot when our daughter lived at Worksop for a while..everytime you just have look for that spire..bit like the winking man on the Roaches,!
January 14th, 2018  
Was in Chesterfield a few weeks ago, but failed to take any pictures of the spire. Nicely captured 🙂
January 14th, 2018  
Happy memories - driven by there many a time! Hope you had a lovely day.
January 14th, 2018  
So in a way the designer didn't know his materials :-)
I've been once in Chesterfield and I also of course took a picture of the twisted spire.
January 15th, 2018  
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