Famously twisted and leaning medieval church spire.
The twisted spire at Chesterfield leans nearly ten feet off true and corkscrews as it climbs, 228 feet of it. The usual explanation is green timber and the 32 tonnes of lead added after building, with no cross-bracing to hold the frame straight. It tops St Mary and All Saints, the largest church in Derbyshire, begun in the 13th century. Chesterfield station is a few minutes’ walk to the north-east, and the spire is the first thing you see from the platform.
