Church Micro 8307...Wyverstone Multi-cache

Another in the excellent church micro series

Wyverstone is a lovely village, and one of its delights is St George, a quirky little church, with none other in Suffolk quite like it. The setting is super; whoever it is that lives in the cottage to the south is very lucky indeed.

The star attraction here is the 16th century roodscreen. At first sight, it is a bit battered, and everything above the dado has been destroyed. But this is the only rood screen in situ in Suffolk where the figures are carved in relief. And what a fascinating sequence they are! On the north side are the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin, and what was probably the Nativity of Our Lord, although this last panel has been particularly vandalised by Anglican or Puritan vandals in the 16th or 17th century. On the south side, the southern panel is a gorgeous Visitation, with Mary and Elizabeth both voluptuously pregnant. These three scenes were part of the common medieval rosary sequence - as, indeed, they are today. The fourth panel, the left hand one on the south side, is probably the most interesting of all, since it portrays the medieval legend of the Mass of St Gregory, which was used as a comfort to those who found their faith in the Eucharist shaken.

 On the west wall of the nave is a richly carved and ornamented set of arms for William and Mary, dating probably to the very first decade of the 18th Century. Cautley thought it was the best set for them in the country. Meanwhile, on the north wall there is another set, obstensibly for George III, and dated 1802. But look closely: The G is floriated, and was almost certainly a C originally

Simon Knott, February 2009

To locate the cache you need to look at the Telegraph pole in front of the church.

There are 3 numbers in circles directly under DP Add the 3 numbers together to get the final co-ordinates

N52 16.22? E000 ?9.2?4

Cache is a camo tube

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