Top blown off church spire by Storm Eunice

fallen spire

The picture of where the spire landed credited to Janet Hodson and Tweeted by Ian Fergusson.

A video posted on Twitter records Storm Eunice on 18 February blowing the top off the stone spire of St Thomas' Church in Wells, Somerset. 

The picture here shows where it landed, next to a path going through the churchyard.

The video and picture were sent to BBC Bristol and posted on Twitter by Ian Fergusson (@fergieweather).

The video was credited to Matthew Hodson and the photo to Janet Hodson.

Sky News also showed the video and quoted the vicar of the church, the Reverend Claire Towns, as saying: "We were all terribly shocked. The building has been up since the late 1800s and the spire here can be seen from quite a long way away. It's quite a symbol around our community, so we're just really shocked that this happened. But equally we're feeling very thankful that nobody was hurt or even worse killed."

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