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St Mary and All Saints, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, seen from the south-west with steeplejack ascending the crooked spire

RIBA Ref No RIBA58093
Architect/DesignerMoore, Leslie Thomas (1883-1957)
CountryUK: England
CityChesterfield
Subject Date1300
Image Date1932
ViewExterior
StyleGothic
MediumPhotoprint
Library Reference3650/2
OrientationPortrait
Colour InfoBlack and white
CreditRIBA Collections
SubjectFantastic architecture ; Wood ; Spires ; Belfries, bell towers ; Churches ; Metal ; Restoration ; Stone
NOTES: This 14th century church is renowned for its timber and lead spire that is both warped and twisted due to the use of unseasoned timber and insufficient cross-bracing . Its restoration was undertaken by Leslie T. Moore in c.1932.
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