This is another addition to the Church Micro series. The container is big enough to contain a stamp and so I've decided to place it as a letterbox hybrid, as there's not many of those around! This cache is not hidden on church grounds!
About the church
The nave and chancel are mismatched in a pretty way, the chancel high-ridged and red, the nave flatter, simpler, without aisles or clerestories. The chancel is pleasingly rough and ready, with brickwork and wooden-traceried windows. The tower is not big, but seems imposing against such a simple building. You step through the rustic south porch into a nave which seems wider than it is, thanks to the low roof, with the beams proud of the white ceiling. There's a nice west gallery, screened off beneath, and the battered 15th Century font stands in front of it. In the gallery, the seating is organised for children, boys on one side and girls on the other. There are also places for Master and Mistress.
Looking east, everything is simple and seemly. There was a staunchly Anglican restoration here in the 19th Century, and this period created an impression of substance and significance which chimes well with the Decorated windows. Unusually, the location of an altar is revealed, not by a piscina but by a surviving sedillia.
Perhaps the most interesting things here are idiosyncracies. The war memorial is one of the strangest I've ever seen, cut as fretwork in the style of an indian temple, or perhaps the Brighton Pavilion. The organ, up in the chancel, is a fine modern one, but the makers plate and memorial plaque from the old one are displayed beside it, along with the paperwork, a satisfying historical detail. There is some 15th Century canopywork up in the top of a nave window, as well as some fragmentary beasts, who provide, just for a moment, a reminder of what was once here.
(with grateful thanks to Simon Knott's Suffolk Churches website)
About the cache
This is a letterbox cache and the final location is hidden within sight of the church. Depending on the footpath you choose, it is mostly hard packed. A pushchair or wheelchair could access this if you take the route through the church grounds.
This cache is not hidden on church grounds. It is a letterbox hybrid cache, and contains - amongst other goodies - a stamp. Please do not remove the stamp!
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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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