This is the parish church of the original village of Basildon and the immediate area surrounding the church still manages to maintain a slight rural atmosphere, which is mainly evident when approaching the church from the south along Church Road.
It is a small church of nave, chancel, and a substantial unbuttressed west tower with a pyramid tiled roof and a weather vane with the initials F.A. and the date 1702. The nave and tower are of ragstone rubble and the roofs are tiled.
The nave is of the C14 and the tower early C16. The chancel was rebuilt in brick in 1597. In 1702 and again in the C19 the church was restored and repaired. Some of the C15 timbers of the south porch remain but they are much patched and repaired. The Communion rail is circa 1700 and has twisted balusters.
This cache meets the GAGB Urban Placement Guidelines.
The cache has a log book but no pen
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
PLEASE REPLACE THE LOGBOOK IN THE ZIPLOCK BAG AS THIS KEEPS IT DRY !!
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