He decided to fly the flag from the cathedral spire.
The cathedral spire was demolished in 1700 when it was replaced by a new one.
He took her by the hand and led her over to the window: on the other side of the lake they could see a cathedral spire.
She was looking back at the lighthugger, hanging over them like a levitating cathedral spire.
In the far distance the cathedral spire emerges from a compact cluster of nestling houses.
But the clergy of Salisbury, while anxious to preserve their cathedral spire, have more progressive visions.
The film opens with Hitler descending god-like out of the skies past twin cathedral spires.
A ceiling of cloud installed itself above the cathedral spire and gave every appearance of permanence.
At times, they assemble in clusters and raise their arms in formations that evoke cathedral spires.
Just at the moment of this coup de theatre, there's a gunshot from the cathedral spire, above the stage, aimed at Hitler.