The picturesque English town would be nothing without its steeple. Fifty English Steeples tours the fifty most important medieval parish church towers and spires in England, covering a period of some five hundred years. Historically accurate, this elegant volume represents five years of painstaking original research, captured in the informative text, high-quality new photography, and 175 immaculately presented line drawings. The introduction provides an overview of the technological and aesthetic development of steeples, and their medieval origins. The chapters that follow are...