St Stephen’s Church
St Stephen's Church is an Anglican church in Bournemouth, Dorset (formerly in Hampshire). The liturgical life of the Church is rooted in the Anglo-Catholic tradition. The Church has a noted Lady Chapel, and celebrates Marian masses, benediction and recitation of the Rosary for the Society of Mary. Designed by architect John Loughborough Pearson, as a memorial to Alexander Morden Bennett, first vicar of St Peter's Church, Bournemouth. The church is constructed with Purbeck stone and Bath stone. Its nave was built from 1881 to 1883 and the chancel was built from 1896 to 1897. The tower was built from 1907 to 1908. It is a Grade I-listed building. The church has an organ by William Hill dating from 1898. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. There is also a small 5 stop chamber organ dating from 1870.
***FTF*** - Congratulations GlynRob
Starting Location
A: Above the Church door at this waypoint is a statue who is holding an orb in one hand, but what is in the other?
- If it is a quill A = 3
- If it is sword A = 2
- If it is a shield A= 4
B: What colour are the iron gates in the wall surrounding the church painted?
- If they are blue B = 8
- If they are green B = 6
- If they are black B = 7
C: How many keyholes are there in the wooden arched doors at this waypoint?
- If 1 keyhole C = 1
- If 2 keyholes C = 2
- If 4 keyholes C = 4
Now move to waypoint 2
At this way point you will find a pair of gates
D = the number that appears twice within the date
E: The date on the gate:
- If the date starts 17.. E = 4
- If the date starts 18.. E = 6
- If the date starts 19.. E = 5
F = Number of aardvarks depicted on the gate?
The final cache location is:
N50 43.ABC W001 52.DEF
Checksum for all digits = 45
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