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Church Micro 3186…Stow Bardolph Traditional Cache

Hidden : 12/7/2012
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is a micro and is not in in the church grounds.  You will need to bring your own pen.


Holy Trinity, Stow Bardolph is essentially a Victorian church inside a medieval shell. The architect was John Brandon, and he was one of those designers who had an eye to the overarching principle of the place - every carving, every tile, underwent his scrutiny.The squat tower is built from carstone, a local material to here but unknown in Suffolk or east Norfolk, where flint reigns supreme. The narrow nave and chancel are smaller than the steeply pitched roof and low tower suggest, and are flanked to the north by what appears to be an aisle, but is in fact the 17th century Hare mausoleum. 
There is a plain mahogany cabinet that sits in the north-west corner. A bronze plate tells you that it contains Sarah Hare, who died in 1744. Open it up, and there she is. A wax effigy, dressed in her own clothes. She was about fifty when she died, and it was apparently her own wish to be immortalised in this way. The door to the cabinet is closed and not without reason - she is terrifying, her face dumpy, warted, defiant.

If anybody would like to expand to this series please do, I would just ask that you could let Sadexploration know first so he can keep track of the Church numbers and names to avoid duplication.
 
There is also a Church Micro Stats page found via the Bookmark list

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

onfr bs Evtug unaq tngr cbfg

Decryption Key

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

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)