#4 Chavenage Circuit Traditional Cache
Hidden : 4/2/2012
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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#4 Chavenage Circuit

Carry on up through this wooded section, look out for pheasants. Go through the farm/industrial buildings at the end of the path, enter the lane and turn right and follow the road.

If you have children with you please take care on this section.

You will now pass Chavenage House on your right

Chavenage House is an Elizabethan stone manor house hidden in one of the more remote parts of the Cotswolds.
The house dates mostly from the 16th century but probably incorporates an earlier building.
In 1564 the formerly monastic estate was purchased by Edward Stephens, a wealthy sheep farmer. He built the house in 1576 and that date, together with his initials and those of his wife, can be seen carved on the porch.
Some internal alterations were made to the house In the early-17th century.
In 1648 Oliver Cromwell and Henry Ireton are said to have visited Chavenage to try to persuade the then owner, Colonel Nathaniel Stephens, MP for Gloucestershire and a relative of Cromwell's by marriage, to agree to the execution of Charles I. Legend has it that Stephens was cursed for supporting Cromwell and this accounts for the strange happenings that have occurred at Chavenage since then.
In the late-18th century or early-19th century further remodelling was undertaken by Henry Willis Stephens. However, the Stephens family were never grand and the house retained its Elizabethan and Jacobean character.
In 1891 the property was purchased by the Lowsley-Williams family. In 1904 - 5 a ballroom was created by J.T.Michlethwaite for George Hoole-Lowsley-Williams. The decoration of the ballroom was influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement. However, from that time onwards there have been very few changes.
Today the house is still owned by the Lowsley-Williams family.

Carry on along the lane.

You are looking for a medium size clip lpck box please bring your own pen

Well done duckyfuzz on being FTF

Well done Rosie&T on being 2nd TF

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ernpu vagb gur vil bire xvffvat tngr

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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