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A crown steeple, or crown spire, is a traditional form of church steeple in which curved stone flying buttresses form the open shape of a rounded crown. Crown spires first appeared in the Late Gothic church architecture in England and Scotland during the Late Middle Ages , continued to be built through the 17th century and reappeared in the ...
Because of their height, steeples can also be vulnerable to lightning, which can start fires within steeples. An example of this is Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Luxemburg, Iowa, which lost its steeple in a fire believed to have been started by a lightning strike. [3] Steeples are also at the mercy of strong winds and hurricanes.
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After four decades as steeple keeper at Vale Church in Guernsey, 84-year-old John David is handing over the ropes. Mr David said his knees were no longer keen on the ladder climbing necessary to ...
The steeple is built at the west end of the south aisle. It is one of a distinctive group of four local steeples which move from a square tower to an octagonal spire by means of a broached octagonal belfry. [nb 2] [4] [11] The bell louvres are Decorated Gothic, and the whole structure is approximately 109 feet (33 m) high.
The church dates from the first half of the fourteenth century. An earlier church, thought to be 12th century, occupied the site but this was rebuilt in around 1320.
The church is constructed in rubble and ashlar, with dressings in Ketton and Barnack stone; it has a lead roof. Its plan consists of a nave with a south aisle, a clerestory, and a south porch, a chancel, and a west tower which is partly enclosed within the nave.
The old-fashioned box pews have Cuban mahogany railings. Many have hand-engraved, 19th-century silver nameplates on the doors, when families "bought" some boxes. Fluted columns support galleries on each side of the sanctuary. [5] The coffered ceiling is supported from a central beam, eliminating the need for supporting columns.