St. Cuthbert's is a 13th Century Anglican parish church, located in Wells, England.
Often mistaken for the cathedral by tourists, it is a Grade I listed building, often accredited with Saxon origins. The arcade pillars inside the church and pasts of the east wall of the north transept (St Catherine's Chapel) are the only remaining certified 13th century features, after the building was dramatically altered in the 15th century.
It has a fine Somerset stone tower, built in 1561, after the original fell, and a carved celing in the nave. This celing is often considered the most interesting part of the church, however, dating from 1963, this is a relatively new addition, comissioned by the Vicar's wife at the time (Mrs Barnett).
The tower is the 3rd highest church tower in somerset, standing at 43m high.
There is a carved wood pulpit of 1636, with an elaborate stair and two carved coats of arms, of Charles I, and Charles II.
Please feel free to go inside the church, it is normally open and always welcoming but survives on donations. However, please be respectful of this place of worship, and be aware that services may be taking place, especially on Sundays.
Part of the feature film Hot Fuzz was filmed here, the Church Feat Scene where Adam Buxton's character is crushed by a falling part of the Church roof.
The cache is accessable by all, care should be taken as there are one or two small brambles at some times during the year.
Thank you to the Verger at St. Cuthberts for allowing this cache to be placed.
On 14/9/11 the whole cache was replaced and removed due to loss.
I'm currently looking for people who might be able to help look after my caches whilst I'm away undertaking a doctorate. If you think you might be able to help, please do let me know by contacting me at geocachingjohn@googlemail.com (If you can't help maintain them long term, it would be wonderful if you could take along some spare logs/pencils/etc. to keep these caches alive, just in case).