St Mary and All Saints, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, seen from the south-west with steeplejack ascending the crooked spire
Architect/Designer | Moore, Leslie Thomas (1883-1957) |
Country | UK: England |
City | Chesterfield |
Subject Date | 1300 |
Image Date | 1932 |
View | Exterior |
Style | Gothic |
Medium | Photoprint |
Library Reference | 3650/2 |
Orientation | Portrait |
Colour Info | Black and white |
Credit | RIBA Collections |
Subject | Fantastic 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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