Engineering:Broach spire
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Short description: Type of tall pyramidal spire, which usually sits atop a church
A broach spire is a type of spire (tall pyramidal structure), which usually sits atop a tower or turret of a church. It starts on a square base and is carried up to a tapering octagonal spire by means of triangular faces.[1][2]
Cathedral Church of Saint Martin, Leicester
Saint Andrew's Church, Broughton, Northamptonshire
St John's Church, Weston, Runcorn, Cheshire, with its short broach spire
St Mary's Church, New Mills, Derbyshire
All Saints, Coddington, Herefordshire
References
- ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Hubbard, Edward (2003), Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven & London: Yale University Press, p. 413, ISBN 0-300-09588-0
- ↑ Pollard, Richard; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2006), Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West, The Buildings of England, New Haven & London: Yale University Press, p. 709, ISBN 0-300-10910-5
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