A new Church Micro in the ever-popular series - St Richard's Church, Haywards Heath
St Richard's Church is an Anglican church in the town of Haywards Heath in the district of Mid Sussex. The present reinforced concrete and brick structure replaced a temporary building which was a daughter church to St Wilfrid's, where it's clergy were based. Haywards Heath's original parish church. Its status was changed in 1916, however: the continuing growth of the congregation persuaded the Diocese of Chichester to allocate the church a conventional district (giving it independence from St Wilfrid's) and rename it St Richard's Church.
The unusual architectural style of St Richard's Church has been described as having elements of Art Deco and the Scandinavian style. It is also built almost entirely of reinforced concrete—not often found in British churches, but used here on the advice of the Diocese as a cost-saving measure. The church is cruciform, long and low; ribs of reinforced concrete run along its length. The nave is of five bays and has north and south aisles; the chancel has a further three bays; the north transept houses a side chapel, organ gallery and seating for the choir; and there is a baptistery in the south transept, which also has the entrance door. Outside, the entrance area has a steep gabled roof with a small weatherboarded bell-turret: this was provided instead of a tower or steeple. Between the roof and the door is a tall round-arched window. The exterior is of locally-made brick laid in the English bond pattern. The roof is tiled and very steeply pitched. There is some stained glass, but the east side has no window at all: it is decorated with a tiled crucifix. Internal fittings include an intricately carved eagle's-head lectern commemorating the end of the First World War,oak pews, stone font, stone and oak pulpit, altar rails and a piscina.
St Richard's Church was listed at Grade II by English Heritage on 4 October 2000
At the posted coordinates there is a foundation stone.
You need to take note of the letter in the alphabety below, then convert this into a numeric value (A=1, B=2 etc):
A = first line, fifth character
B = second line, second character
C = fourth line, eleventh character
D = sixth line, eighth character
E = Seventh line... 19E7
F = How many crosses are there on the stone?
Then use the following coordinates: N 5 (C)° (C-F).(B-D)(E-C-F)(A*C) W 0° (A+C).(D-E-A)(F)(A-E)
Limited parking is available on the roadside for a short period of time.
The cache is now a 'small' and will accommodate flat keyring type TBs.
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