Church Micro #3733 Draycott Traditional Geocache
Church Micro #3733 Draycott
-
Difficulty:
-
-
Terrain:
-
Size: 
(micro)
Please note Use of geocaching.com services is subject to the terms and conditions
in our disclaimer.
Ade3 has a mystery cache, Church Micro 4050...Wells Cathedral for that in the porch (up the fine path) The Bath & Wells Diocesan Association granted how much £*** and how many persons could be accommodated ***?.
Where the cache lays is beautiful country under Draycott Steep as it's locally known and the village is home to the annual Draycott Strawberry Fair which is a famous fruit in the area.
So onto the church description. The church of St Peter was built in 1861 by the architect C.E. Giles. It is a Grade II listed building. The majority of the stonework is that known locally as 'Draycott Marble', a dolomitic conglomerate with a pronounced pinkish tinge, that was quarried quite close by at Draycott quarry.
Notable interior features are the stained glass east windows, the fine wrought-iron rood screen (1894), and the neo-Norman font by William Burges. Controversially, in 2006, the church attempted to sell the font for £110,000.The Rev. Stanley Price contended that the sale was essential to meet a repair and restoration bill of an estimated £170,000. The sale was initially approved by the Chancellor of the Diocese of Bath and Wells, Timothy J Briden but permission was subsequently refused when the Victorian Society appealed to the Court of Arches, one of the Church of England's highest courts. The court found "no compelling need to dispose of the font had been demonstrated" and concluded that, if allowed, "much of which adorns and adds interest, both historically and architecturally, to our churches would be lost to future generations."
Further detailed info Click here though this page notes the location as Rodney Stoke when in fact it is Draycott.
**************************************
For full information on how you can expand the Church Micro series by sadexploration please read the Place your own Church Micro page before you contact him.
See also the Church Micro Statistics and Home pages for further information about the series.
*************************************
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
FI 34 ghpxrq oruvaq cyrnfr eruvqr nf sbhaq