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The Divine Motherhood and St Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Church, Bepton Road, was built in 1957, replacing an earlier church still standing in Rumbolds Hill, by C.A. Buckler, built in 1869 , which is now part of a public house.
Designed by a local architect , Guy Morgan & Partners , (who came second in the design competition for the replacement of Coventry Cathedral ) , is built in sandstone in the shape of a segment of a circle with the rounded off point forming an eastern apse. The western arc is divided into seven sections by vertical stone fins, six of which are glazed, leaving the doorway in the central section with a Madonna and Child above. There is a circular skylight above the altar. The stations of the cross are carved on a continuous stone band along the side walls. There is a tall separate bell tower linked to the church by an open colonnade.
Now for the cache , to find the cache go to gate at GZ and from the no.s on pillar take the second no. of the first four digit no. ( A ) and the second no. of the other four digit no. ( B ) , move over to the open colonnade where there are 2 plaques , when did the rev. James o,Connel die March CD 1962 and when was the tower and cloister built 19EF-G , after that go to the west side and look for a multi slot stain glass window and count how many slots =( H ) .
The cache can now be found at N 50 59.(F+G)-D) (A+C) C W 000 44.G (B-E) (H-B)
oh!! and please bring a pen or pencil along with you
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
To view the church micro stats page, please click here