Church Micro 2205... Bainton Traditional Geocache
Church Micro 2205... Bainton
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This can be a somewhat confusing building to interpret until one notices the ballflower frieze immediately beneath the spire, showing the tower to be early to mid fourteenth century in date, notwithstanding the large Y-traceried bell-openings which considered alone would suggest the thirteenth. Following this discovery, the best place to begin an examination of the church is probably inside, where the arcade to the N. aisle comprises three bays plus one. The three eastern bays are late Norman-Transitional work (c. 1210), with arches that are still round, bearing two wide flat chamfers above circular piers with circular capitals and abaci. To the west, these are separated by a short wall piece from a fourth arch which is similar but pointed. This probably represents the lengthening of the nave around the time the tower was added (or, indeed, a few years later, once the heavier tower had been given time to settle on its foundations). The tower is supported by angle buttresses and rises in three stages, the first of which reaches to the top of the nave and is lit to the west by a tall, trefoil-cusped window with a "pointed quatrefoil" above. The second stage is shorter and lit by a rectangular slit opening on each side and the bell-stage has the large bell-openings described above. It is topped by a short broach spire, lit in the cardinal directions by two tiers of lucarnes, respectively of two lights and one, both beneath gables. The weathering line of a much larger gable on the E. wall of the tower, shows the nave was once quite steeply pitched. The same phase of construction appears to have included the windowless S. porch, which is the only part of the church bearing battlements. The wide outer doorway, which has spread, carries two hollow chamfers above semicircular responds. The cache is a magnetic nano, can be done as a cache and dash. “If anybody 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. There is also a Church Micro Stats page found via the Bookmark list”
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