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| | Guardian | When is a church not a church? |
 | | The cathedral tower, 212ft tall and with 189 steps to the top, is one of England's most prominent. |
 | | Where there is a clear historical connection between the perpendicular gothic tower of Derby Cathedral and the revived perpendicular tower of St Mary's, this building occupies a world - and an architectural category - all of its own. |
 | | His cathedral is, after all, an odd, if delightful, marriage of a gothic tower, a Roman basilica of a nave by James Gibbs built in the early 18th century, and a retrochoir added in yet another style in 1972. |
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