St Mary's Holy Grail Traditional Cache
chichigana: Archived for the moment.
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The cache is located in a small square near St Mary's Bryanston Square church.
St Mary's is one of a group of churches built in the early nineteenth century to serve newly developed residential areas in London and other cities. Such churches are known as Waterloo Churches, because their construction was financed by a fund set up by the government in thanksgiving for the victorious end of twenty years' of war against the French Revolution and Napoleon.
The architect of the new church was Sir Robert Smirke, best known for designing the British Museum as well as other public buildings, such as the old Customs House, which still stands in Lower Thames Street. The Bishop of London consecrated St Mary's on 7th January 1824.
Smirke used his favourite Greek Revival style to build a plain brick box, only ornamented externally by a semi-circular stone portico of six Ionic columns on the south façade, surmounted by an oddly proportioned pepperpot tower. The upper rows of windows are round headed while the small lower windows are square. Originally glazed in plain glass, they were re-glazed with coloured or stained glass during the mid Victorian alterations.
It's a beautiful building both inside and out. If you happen to be there on a Sunday, the service times are 11am, 5pm and 7.30pm - it's worth a visit.
* You are searching for a black magnetic key holder containing only a logbook. Remember to take a pen/pencil.
* It is hidden off the beaten track (so to speak) and the coordinates may not be as accurate as they should be because of the surrounding buildings.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Ybbx sbe gjb oynpx 'obkrf' ng naxyr yriry.
Pnpur vf oruvaq bar bs gurz.
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