This is a Letterbox Hybrid geocache. It is not at the published co-ordinates. You will need to visit the published co-ordinates to work out the final location.
These Letterbox caches simply highlight significant individuals, from a variety of fields, who once lived behind a letterbox at this location.
William Bell Scott (1811-1890)
William Bell Scott was a Scottish artist in oils and watercolour. He was also a poet and art teacher, and his posthumously published reminiscences give a chatty and often vivid picture of life in the circle of the Pre-Raphaelites; he was especially close to Daniel Gabriel Rossetti. After growing up in Edinburgh, he moved to London, and from 1843 to 1864 was principal of the government School of Art in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, where he added industrial subjects to his repertoire of landscapes and history painting. He was one of the first British artists to extensively depict the processes of the Industrial Revolution. He returned to London, working for the Science and Art Department until 1885.
He painted a cycle of historical subjects mixed with scenes from modern industry for Wallington Hall in Northumberland, his best-known works, and a purely historical cycle for Penkill Castle in Ayrshire in Scotland. Scott lived in this house, number 14 St Thomas' Cresent, between 1859 and 1864.
To calculate the final co-ordinates you need to turn around and find a plaque on the front wall of number 20.
The cache can be found at: N 54 58.ABC W001 37.DEF
Where, using the text on the plaque:
A= Number of letters in the 9th + 10th words.
B= Number of letters in the word that appears three times.
C= Number of letters in the last word.
D= Number of ‘M’s in the upper line of text.
E= Number of letters in the 4th word.
F= Number of times the letter ‘V’ appears in the text.
The cache is a mirco but does contain a stamp. Please leave this in the cache.
The cache is a short walk, or drive, away. Parking may be difficult at times, and it is a high muggle area.