Where the cache lays is beautiful country the National Cycle Route 26 is just a 100 metres away along Pen Close with a great ride to Yatton I can recommend.
The church does have links with me I was christened here, went up the tower on Ascension day after leaving school and my gran Winifred Ada Bowditch (always known as Ada) was laid to rest in this churchyard in 1988 bless her. She was the best sort took no messing and told it like it was. She was in service in the 1920's at a farm that now lies under Cheddar reservoir or "resivoy" as she called it bit 'o' history there.
For those not in the know The Church Mirco Series is intended to be as big a cache size as you can muster, Steve (sadexploration explains.
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So onto the church description.
The Church of St Andrew in Cheddar, Somerset, England dates from the 14th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building.
The church was restored in 1873 by William Butterfield. It contains some 15th-century stained glass and an altar table of 1631. The chest tomb in the chancel is believed to be to Sir Thomas Cheddar and is dated 1442.
The tower, which rises to 100 feet (30 m), and dates from around 1423,contains a bell dating from 1759 and made by Thomas Bilbie of the Bilbie famiy
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Coursed and squared rubble, lead roofs, coped verges.
C14, C15, restored in 1873 by William Butterfield. Nave with clerestory, short chancel clasped by large north and south chapels, north and south aisles, the latter with a further chapel and porch, north porch, tall west tower. Predominantly perpendicular, some decorated features.
3 stage tower with diagonally connected set-back buttresses ascending to shafts and pinnacles; parapet pierced with quatrefoils, stair turret with a pinnacle; triple 2-light bell-chamber windows to third stage, that to centre louvred, those flanking blank; large 4-light west window above a door, above 2 figures of the Annunciation in niches; interior of the tower with a lierne vault.
Further similar pierced parapets to nave, aisles, and chancel, with pinnacles. Decorated 2-light clerestory windows, 3-light Perpendicular aisle windows, further large Perpendicular windows to chapels east window of the restoration. Interior with C14 aisles of 5 and one half bays, further C14 arches to north and south chaples; later elaborate panelled arch to south aisle chapel incorporating 3 figures in the respond; chancel arch of the restoration.
C14 roofs to nave and north and south aisles with colouring and gilding by Butterfield, similar treatment to C19 wagon-roof to chancel. Painted C15 stone pulpit, chancel with restored C13 piscina. C19 parclose screens to north and south chapels probably incorporating earlier work. C15 carved bench ends, particularly in north aisle. Painting in south aisle chapel of C17 by Jan Erasmus Quellinus,
Christ at Emains; this chapel also with some C15 stained glass; further C19 stained glass. Altar table of 1631, chest tomb in chancel to sir Thomas Cheddar of 1442 with a brass, further brass to his lady of 1474 at its base; opposite the remains of a further chest tomb. Early C14 font with a C17 cover.
Large paintings of 1810 under tower, time and death, previously flanked chancel arch, probably moved at the time of the restoration. C17 chest. Peal of 8 bells, earliest probably pro-Reformation. Some C19 wall monuments. (Pevsner, The Buildings of England, North Somerset and Bristol, 1958).
“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”