Broach spire
# Broach spire

A broach spire is a type of spire (tall pyramidal structure), which usually sits atop a tower or turret of a church. It starts on a square base and is carried up to a tapering octagonal spire by means of triangular faces.

* Cathedral Church of Saint Martin, Leicester
* Saint Andrew's Church, Broughton, Northamptonshire
* St John's Church, Weston, Runcorn, Cheshire, with its short broach spire
* St Mary's Church, New Mills, Derbyshire
* All Saints, Coddington, Herefordshire
