Church Micro 1933...Barrington - All Saints Traditional Cache

All Saints Barrington isn’t an ostentatious church but it is big and is substantially pre Perpendicular. It is also built almost entirely from stone; a reflection of the fact that Barrington was fortunate enough to possess its own source of stone. The age of the church isn’t immediately obvious from outside. The base of the tower is 13th century but the bits that catch the eye – the bell openings and the battlements are all later. The clerestory is 14th century and elaborately perpendicular – the windows are all framed with carved stonework and set into pristinely plastered walls. The south porch is likewise a typical grand affair with a large archway and a cavernous space. Its east wall abuts a Victorian vestry (it’s a very odd location for a vestry) and there was once a chapel in the same place so perhaps they reused the foundations. The general impression of the exterior is of a cheery perpendicular jumble, long and strung out like its village.

This is a traditional cache and IS at the published coordinates.

The cache is a 5ml tube.

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