Church Micro 8748 Gamrie Parish Church Traditional Cache
Hidden : 11/30/2015
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:


Gamrie Parish Church was built in the 1820s to replace the old church of St John (at Gardenstown), which was now ruinous. It is located at the north-east corner of a large, rectangular graveyard, at the top of a south-facing slope. The church and its grounds are surrounded by open countryside, with large arable and grass fields. The church is no longer in ecclesiastical use and was sold. It has since been converted into a private house and a new wall and gate have been built around it to provide some privacy and private ground, The church is a fairly simple building and aligned east-west. It has harled rubble walls with ashlar details, such as window/door surrounds and the bellcote. The shallow-pitch roof is slated. The south elevation has four large, recessed, pointed-arch (Tudor-headed) windows, each with chamfered margins and moulded, timber Y-tracery and clear glass. The east and west gables both have small, gabled porches, with wide rectangular doors and small, pointed-arch windows. The church gables have short, wide pointed-arch windows at gallery level, with clear multi-pane glazing. The west gable has a fine bellcote on the apex. Built in fine, ashlar sandstone, it has moulded, pointed-arch openings with hoodmoulds. The small bell hangs from a simple metal frame. On top is a tall stone finial, set on a pyramidal base. The opposite east gable has a simple metal finial on the apex. The north elevation has two large pointed-arch windows to the centre, which are the same as those in the south elevation. There are also two outer windows, built as blanks. This was part of the church design. The blocked windows were intended to be knocked out and used if a central north aisle was built on to the nave at a later date, an interesting feature and forward thinking. A small single-storey vestry and session house was built on to the north elevation, possibly at a later date.

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