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Church Micro 8189...Out Rawcliffe Letterbox Hybrid

Hidden : 8/5/2015
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Straight forward letterbox cache, please leave the stamp in the cache.



St John's Church, Out Rawcliffe


Church, 1837-8 by John Dewhurst. Red brick with some sandstone dressings and slate roof. Rectangular plan, with corner clasping buttresses carried upwards as square turrets. North and South walls each of 8 bays, alternate bays separated by buttresses of shallow projection. Beneath the stone cornice is a projecting band carried on brick corbels. The 2 rows of narrow windows have plain reveals, an outer rebate, and round heads. A brick string rises over each. The west wall has continuous arcading on the 1st floor with similar details, alternate openings being blank. Above, under the gable, is a circular stone plaque with chevron border. Flanking the west door, above the impost band, are 2 windows. The west door has a round arch of moulded bricks, which form 2 quarter-columns at each side, with stone capitals and bases. Around the head is a chevron design in brick. The east window is of 3 stepped lights with round heads. Under the gable is a circular stone plaque. The corner turrets have 2 blank openings on each of their sides, and stone cornices. The interior possibly had 3 galleries originally, but now has a modern west gallery. The roof has trusses with tie beams and king posts, and queen struts with pendant bosses, braced downwards to the walls. The 3-decker pulpit is of grained timber with Romanesque details, A reredos is formed by blank arcading with attached shafts and scalloped capitals, beneath a super-arch.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

raq bs jnyy

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)