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Definition of broach spire in English: broach spirenoun An octagonal church spire rising from a square tower without a parapet. Example sentencesExamples - Towers and slender broach spires dominate the landscapes everywhere, rising as beacons to direct the stranger to some rare village or gracious town built of the same pleasing stone.
- Though of course Norwich Cathedral spire is a broach spire, built when the Saxo-Norman one fell down in the big fire.
- This specimen of early 14th century work seems to contain the transition from the broach spire to the embattled one.
- The earliest part of the church is the west tower with its broach spire which dates from the thirteenth century.
- The building is visible from all approaches to the town - the 190 foot broach spire dominating the roofline as can be seen in the illustration on the Leighton Buzzard home page.
- It shows the thirteenth century broach spire to good effect but internal views of Saxon and Norman details in the nave walls and chancel arch were not possible.
- Evidence is seen today of ancient fragments in the dog-tooth in the tower windows, stones in part of the broach spire, and in the hung canopies of the spire.
- This Gothic church, built of Vermont granite, originally had a stone broach spire crowned with a finial.
- The church building is mostly constructed of sandstone, in a Gothic revival style, with a fine broach spire which can be seen from several parts of the city.
- The massing is confident, emphasised by the striking tower with its soaring broach spire, and the stone vaulted interior has a grandeur, which only Pearson could achieve.
- The church stands 190 feet above sea level, between two seas, where its lovely thirteenth century broach spire, formerly whitewashed, made a landmark for ships in St Ives and Mounts Bays.
- The tower, of three stages, with an ashlar-covered broach spire and diagonal buttresses, is of the 14th century.
- To mention just a few of many, Market Harborough church is blessed with a soaring broach spire, and Bottesford, where the first eight Earls of Rutland have their tombs.
- A major renovation, completed in 1864, included the new chancel, the removal of the castelated belfry, the addition of an octagonal broach spire and an office for the Reverend Macaulay.
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