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Church Micro 11246...Cults Traditional Geocache

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Hidden : 10/11/2017
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


Exterior

The church is rectangular on plan with a large, squat square tower to the south and a hall at right angles to the rear. It was built during the First World War and added to an existing hall-church, which became the church hall. It was built with good quality granite blocks with ashlar details and surrounds. The roofs are slated.

The south square tower is wide but fairly short. There is a central, recessed round-arched doorway with the door set back to form a porched entrance. Above, on the west, south and east faces is a tall, narrow round-arched window with simple stone tracery. The top of the tower is corbelled out slightly and there is a subtle battlemented parapet. Rising from the centre of the tower is a slender granite spire with dormered louvered openings (lucarnes) and a metal weather vane.

The east and west side elevations have lean-to aisles with three bays and simple rectangular windows. The south ends have small round-arched windows. Above, in the clearstory, are three large dormer windows with round-arched openings and thick stone tracery.

At the north end of the church is a gabled chancel, which has a large round-arched window with intersecting tracery. A series of single-storey outbuildings, including the original boiler room and a kitchen area, link the church with the original church building, which is aligned east-west. This is now the church hall and has a flat-roof extension at the east end. It has pointed-arch windows, a south porch, a timber and slate bellcote at the east end, and was built using coursed granite rubble with a slate roof.

Interior

The interior of the church is very light and modern looking, mostly due to the large clearstorey windows and light-wood rib-vaulted roof structure. The interior has exposed granite walls and arcading. The nave pews have been removed and replaced with moveable chairs, which are arranged in a semi-circle and focussed on the chancel to the north. The side aisles are divided from the nave by simple round-arched arcades, which reach almost up to wallhead level. The weight-bearing roof beams and vaults are attached to the arcade walls at the pillars, so the weight of the roof is distributed safely to the ground.

The tower at the south end holds a vestibule area at ground level and a small gallery above, where the pipe organ is also housed. At the north end is a small chancel, which is raised above the nave by 4 steps. The chancel arch with hoodmould leads into the chancel, which contains two wooden lecterns and a small communion table.

The church has several stained glass windows, the largest of which is in the chancel. Most show biblical figures or images, although the later windows (including one of 1988) show simpler, more colourful designs including landscapes and nature.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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)