Church Micro 1661...Lowestoft-St Peter & St Johns Traditional Geocache
Church Micro 1661...Lowestoft-St Peter & St Johns
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Located on the footpath around the church.
This church is of medieval foundation, for there was a spectacular
19th Century restoration here at St Peter and St John, which has
left very little of medieval origin.
The church, then simply dedicated to St Peter, had been abandoned
in 1680, after more than a century of neglect. The parishioners
moved in up the road at Pakefield, but when the two parishes there
were combined, and the dividing wall was opened up, there was no
longer room for them. So they came back, patched up this church,
and suffered in it for the next 120 years.
However, by the 1870s, when Lowestoft had expanded and engulfed the
parish, the time had come for a total rebuilding.
Another church, the now demolished St John, had been built in the
parish ten years before. But this was not enough for the huge
population, so St Peter was built anew between 1874 and 1876 by the
architect John Clemence. All that survives of the medieval church
is the heavily restored tower, which once stood at the west end,
but the new building was extended southwards, putting it at the
north-west corner.
From the north, it looks conventional enough. But on the south west
side there is a delightful surprise; an apssidal baptistery, the
work of Thomas Porter in 1893.
This is a micro cache not located in the church or the grounds but
very close by
If any body would like to expand to this series please do, I would
just ask that you could let Sadexploration know first so he can
keep track of the Church numbers and names to avoid
duplication.
Additional Hints
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