The smell of incense drifted up from the church below and made the Devil sneeze so violently he flew from the tower, his tail caught the top of the spire and twisted the entire structure into its ...

But a shocked local architect, who was at the centre of the award-winning restoration of Scholes St Catharine’s once famously ...

It was completed circa 1330 (which is about 700 years ago, not 800): All Saints Church is a Hereford landmark, its slender, twisted spire catching the eye today as it has done for over 800 years.

Poet Helen Mort explains why Chesterfield's crooked spire church - the Church of St Mary's and All Saints - has inspired her since childhood. Show more Poet Helen Mort can see Chesterfield's ...

This gloriously, defiantly crooked shape just makes you want to reach out and straighten it up. Some say it is the work of the devil, who sat on the spire out of spite (though it can't have been ...

Poet Helen Mort can see Chesterfield's Crooked Spire Church - The Church of St Mary's and All Saints - from the window of her house. She explains why it has inspired her since childhood.