Square Hole, Round Peg Mystery Cache
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A micro cache puzzler that could be done in a lunch break.
This is a micro cache hidden in Fiztroy square. The co-ords are not
of the cache site but the general locale.
The actual cache is hidden at the following co-ords:-
N ab° cd.efg W hih° il.gno
Identify the homes of the famous and influential people who resided
here in the past to obtain their birth and death dates.
These will help you solve the puzzle and lead you to the
cache.
Prime Minister
xxch - bxix
Professor of Chemistry
xxdx - xxfx
Painter
xxxe - xxxa
Architect
xxxl - xoxx
Novelist and Critic
xxxx - xxgn
Fitzroy Square
Fitzroy Square is one of the Georgian squares in London and is the
only one found in the central London area known as in
Fitzrovia.
The square, nearby Fitzroy Street and the Fitzroy Tavern in
Charlotte Street have the family name of Charles FitzRoy, 1st Baron
Southampton, who developed the area during the late 18th and early
19th century.
Fitzroy Square was a speculative development intended to provide
London residences for aristocratic families, and was built in four
stages. Leases for the eastern and southern sides, designed by
Robert Adam, were granted in 1792, building began in 1794 and was
completed in 1798 by Adam's brothers James and William. These
buildings are fronted in Portland stone brought by sea from
Dorset.
The Napoleonic Wars and a slump in the London property market
brough a temporary stop to construction of the square after the
south and east sides were completed. According to the records of
the Squares Frontagers' Committee, 1815 residents looked out on
'vacant ground, the resort of the idle and profligate'. Another
contemporary account describes the incomplete square:
:The houses are faced with stone, and have a greater proportion of
architectural excellence and embellishment than most others in the
metropolis. They were designed by the Adams's, but the progress of
the late war prevented the completion of the design. It is much to
be regretted, that it remains in its present unfinished
state.
The northern and western sides were subsquently constructed
1827-1829 and 1832-1835 respectively, and are stucco-fronted.
Today, the square is largely pedestrianised (scheme designed by Sir
Geoffrey Jellicoe).
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
N cevingr cynpr