Church Micro 3363…Chislehurst - Methodist Multi-Cache
Hidden : 2/21/2013
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


Chislehurst Methodist Church

Another in the ever expanding Church Micro Series, started by Sadexploration.

Chislehurst Methodist church was built between 1868 and 1870 thanks to the benefaction of George Chubb (1st Baron Hayter), whose family had founded Chubb & Sons Lock & Safe Co. The original construction cost was £5,800. To provide extra seating the gallery was built in 1881 and the side chapel, now known as the welcome area, was completed in 1883. The original church halls, comprising the upstairs room and new vestry (currently the church office), are thought to have been added around 1900.
 
The Wesley room was added in 1936 and was primarily built to be a Sunday school class room. The Epworth room, main hall and concourse were added in the 1960’s. The glass roofed foyer, named ‘The Courtyard’ joining the main hall and church was completed in 2011.
 
The inside of the church had a very traditional interior with wooden pews fixed to the floor, but was modernised in 2011, transforming it into a modern, multi-purpose worship and community space.
 
The external walls are made of random rubble, of local Kentish Ragstone, which was bedded with dry mortar. This gives the appearance of an old rural country parish church. The overall style of the church is classic Victorian gothic revival.
  
A very detailed description of the church history and architecture can be found at the web page here.

The cache is not at the stated location, but you will find a plaque commemorating the planting of a whitebeam for the Queen’s Golden Jubilee in 2002. To calculate the final coordinates count the number of the following letters in the words that are above and below the commemoration text (the large letters round the edge). The cache can be found at:

N51 24.abc      E0 04.def       where:
 
a is the count of the letters S and V
b is the count of the letter V
c is the count of the letter R
d is the count of the letter V
e is the count of the letter T
f is the count of the letters R and V
 
Checksum for digits a to f = 22
The cache is within 300 metres.
*** Note the cache has been relocated on 17 April 2021 and the formula changed ***

*** Congratulations to Jimthebee on the FTF ***

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For full information on how you can expand the Church Micro series by sadexploration please read the
Place your own Church Micro page before you contact him at churchmicro.co.uk

See also the Church Micro Statistics and Home pages for further information about the series.
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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Onfr bs ynetr gerr gb jrfg bs cngu, cyrnfr uvqr jryy

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)


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