List of twisted spires

Main article: Crooked spire

A designed twist in the spire of old western town gate of Duderstadt in Germany

An unintended crooked spire on St Mary's Church in England

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

1. Alpbach, Tyrol - Saint Oswald
2. Bad Ischl, Upper Austria - Saint Nicholas
3. Mayrhofen, Tyrol - church
4. Oetz, Imst - Saints George & Nicholas
5. Virgen, Lienz - church
6. Wagrain, St. Johann im Pongau District - Saint Rupert
7. Zell am Ziller, Schwaz - Saint Guy

Belgium

1. Baelen, Liège - Saint Paul
2. Herve, Liège Province - Saint John the Baptist
3. Jalhay, Liège Province - Saint Michael
4. Jodoigne, Walloon Brabant - Chapel of Notre Dame du Marche
5. Lierneux, Liège Province - church
6. Limbourg, Liège Province - Saint Lambert
7. Leernes, Hainaut Province - Saint Martin
8. Marchin, Liège Province - parish church
9. Polleur, Theux - Saint Jacques
10. Roosdaal, Flemish Brabant - xiiie siècle
11. Sart-lez-Spa, Jalhay - Saint Lambert
12. Verlaine, Liège Province - Saint Remy

Canada

1. Clarke's Head, Newfoundland and Labrador - Christ Church

Denmark

1. Copenhagen - Stock Exchange
2. Copenhagen - Church of Our Saviour

England

1. Barnstaple, Devon - St. Peter's church
2. Chesterfield, Derbyshire - Church of St Mary and All Saints
3. Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire - St Mary's Church
4. Clitheroe, Lancashire - Church of St Mary Magdalene
5. Ermington, Devon - Church of St Peter and St Paul ^[1]
6. Ewhurst Green, East Sussex - St James's Church
7. Hadleigh, Suffolk - Church of St Mary
8. Wolstanton, Staffordshire - St Margaret's Church

France

1. Aignay-le-Duc, Côte-d'Or - Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul
2. Angiens, Seine-Maritime - church
3. Attignat, Ain - Saint Loup
4. Aubigny-sur-Nère, Cher - tower
5. Auppegard, Seine-Maritime - Church of St. Pierre
6. Auxonne, Côte-d'Or - Notre Dame
7. Barran, Gers - College of St Jean Baptiste
8. Boësses, Loiret - church
9. Boulancourt, Seine-et-Marne - Saint Denis
10. Bourges, Cher - Bell tower
11. Breuvannes-en-Bassigny, Haute-Marne - Saint George
12. Bures-en-Bray, Seine-Maritime - Saint Aignan
13. Ceyzériat, Ain - Saint Laurent
14. Châteauroux, Indre - Lucarne
15. Cheffes, Maine-et-Loire - church
16. Chemiré-sur-Sarthe, Maine-et-Loire - Church of Saint Jacques
17. Courcelles-Chaussy, Lorraine - Tower
18. Coussay-les-Bois, Vienne - Saint Martin
19. Dinéault, Finistère - Arrow tower
20. Distré, Maine-et-Loire - Church of Saint Julien
21. Dohis, Aisne - church of the Nativité-de-la-Sainte-Vierge
22. Drancy, Seine-Saint-Denis - tower
23. Échirolles, Isère - construction on a building
24. Étréaupont, Aisne - Saint Martin
25. Étoges, Marne - church
26. Fontaine-Guérin, Maine-et-Loire - Church of St Martin
27. Fougere, Maine-et-Loire - Saint Etienne
28. Gigny, Yonne - Saint Leger
29. Hectomare, Eure - Saint Taurin
30. Houville-la-Branche, Eure-et-Loir - church
31. Jarzé, Maine-et-Loire - Saint Cyr et Sainte Julitte
32. Javerlhac-et-la-Chapelle-Saint-Robert, Dordogne - Saint Etienne
33. Labergement-lès-Seurre, Côte-d'Or - church
34. La Tour-d'Auvergne, Auvergne - Saint Pardoux
35. Le Vieil-Baugé, Maine-et-Loire - Saint-Symphorien church
36. Les Grands-Chézeaux, Haute-Vienne - Lantern on a roof of a house
37. Malville, Loire-Atlantique - tower
38. Marçon, Pays de la Loire - Church of Notre Dame
39. Mervans, Saône-et-Loire - Saint-Maurice
40. Meslay-du-Maine, Mayenne - Saint Pierre
41. Mouliherne, Maine-et-Loire - Saint Germaine
42. Naillat, Limousin - Saint Medard
43. Niedermorschwihr, Haut-Rhin - Saint Gall and Saint Weldelin
44. Nogent-sur-Vernisson, Loiret - construction on a house
45. Nohant-en-Graçay, Cher - Saint Martin
46. Offranville, Seine-Maritime - Church of St.Ouen
47. Orléans, Loiret - Lantern roof on a house
48. Payzac, Dordogne - Church of the Transfigeration
49. Plougrescant, Brittany - Saint Gonery
50. Pontigné, Maine-et-Loire - St Denis
51. Puiseaux, Loiret - Notre Dame
52. Québriac, Ille-et-Vilaine - Saint Pierre
53. Reugny, Indre-et-Loire - Saint Medard
54. Rochechouart, Haute-Vienne - Saint Saviours
55. Rodelle, Aveyron - Church of Lagnac
56. Saint-Aubin-sur-Gaillon, Eure - Saint Germain
57. Saint-Bonnet-de-Four, l'Allier - Saint Bonnet
58. Saint-Côme-d'Olt, Aveyron - Saint Come
59. Saint-Outrille, Cher - College of Saint-Austrégésile de Saint-Outrille
60. Saint-Côme-d'Olt, Aveyron - Church of Saint-Côme-d'Olt
61. Saint-Pierre-des-Échaubrognes, Deux-Sèvres - church
62. Saint-Viâtre, Loir-et-Cher - Saint Viatre
63. Saumur, Maine-et-Loire - Saint Pierre
64. Sérignac-sur-Garonne, Lot-et-Garonne - Notre Dame
65. Treignac, Corrèze - Chapel of Notre Dame de la Paix
66. Troyes, Aube - Saint Remy
67. Verchin, Pas-de-Calais - St Omer church
68. Vézelise, Meurthe-et-Moselle - Saint Côme et Damien
69. Vieil-Baugé, Maine-et-Loire - church
70. Vitteaux, Côte-d'Or - Saint Germain

Germany

1. Ballstädt, Gotha (district) - church
2. Barntrup, North Rhine-Westphalia - church
3. Breidenbach, Hesse -
4. Burgwedel, Lower Saxony - Saint Pierre
5. Delbrück, North Rhine-Westphalia- Saint-Jean-Baptiste
6. Duderstadt, Lower Saxony - Town gatehouse
7. Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia - St Lambertus
8. Grötzingen, Karlsruhe - Evangelical church
9. Hardthausen am Kocher, Baden-Wuerttemberg - Protestant Church Gochsen
10. Hattingen, North Rhine-Westphalia - Saint-Georges
11. Kaisersesch, Rhineland-Palatinate - Saint Pancrase
12. Lage, Lippe - Saint Peter & Saint Paul
13. Lemgo, Lippe - Saint Nicholas
14. Lüneburg, Lower Saxony - St John's Church
15. Mayen, Rhineland-Palatinate - Church of St Clemens
16. Mülheim, North Rhine-Westphalia - Saint Pierre
17. Münzenberg, Hesse - church
18. Neuwied, Rhineland-Palatinate - Sainte Marguerite
19. Northeim, Lower Saxony - Saint Sixt
20. Oberwesel, Rhineland-Palatinate - Notre Dame
21. Ochsenfurt, Lower Franconia - Maria Schnee
22. Porta Westfalica, Minden-Lübbecke - church
23. Sandstedt, Lower Saxony - Saint Jean
24. Stolzenau, Lower Saxony - Saint Jacques
25. Uslar, Lower Saxony - Saint Jean

Italy

1. Rome - Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza

Scotland

1. Cupar, Fife - Church of Cupar Old and St Michael of Tarvit
2. Inverness, - Town Steeple

Switzerland

1. Davos, Canton of Grisons - Saint Johann
2. Muttenz, Basel-Landschaft - Fortified Church of St. Arbogast
3. Payerne, Canton of Vaud - Payerne Priory
4. Stein am Rhein, Canton of Schaffhausen - St. George

United States of America

• Setauket, New York - Caroline Church of Brookhaven

Other crooked or twisted spires

• Hobsons Brewery, Shropshire, 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

• Crooked spire
• Spire

External links

• l’Association des Clochers Tors d’Europe (A.C.T.E.)

References

1. "The Spire". ermingtonchurch.org.uk.
2. "HOBSONS Twisted Spire". Hobsons.
3. "Crooked Spire". closedpubs.co.uk.
4. "The Crooked Spire". francisfrith.com.