The lesser seen side of the world renowned crooked spire of, .ST. MARY AND ALL SAINTS Church - Chesterfield - built in the late 13th century in local stone and unremarkable except for its crooked tower. The 228-foot-high spire leans, spectacularly, nine feet from centre. The theory is that the distortion was caused by the lead covering heating up in the sun during the day causing the lead there to expand faster than that on the north side thus imposing a twisting movement