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Church Micro 4451 Needham Market Christchurch Traditional Geocache

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Hidden : 11/8/2013
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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This Grade 2 Listed Building, now a United Reformed Church was formerly a Congregational Chapel.




The copyright on this image is owned by Robert Edwards and is licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 license.

This was built as a Congregational Chapel in 1837 in the Greek Revival Style. A central portico has Ionic Columns supporting a simple cornice at 1st floor level. A full-width gable pediment has moulded limestone copings and a central stone framed round window. The 1st storey windows to the balcony are leaded stained glass in the Art Nouveau style. Entrance doorways flank the portico, with broad paired flat pilasters and deep cornice. A short timber-framed range to rear has a steeply-pitched plain tiled roof and may be a fragment of the earlier chapel on this site, built in 1716 and enlarged 1818.

In 1755, the Rev. Joseph Priestly, discoverer of oxygen, was appointed Minister here and there is a blue oval plaque in commemoration of this.



If anyone would like to expand this Church Micro numbered series please do. Please contact sadexploration via www.geocaching.com so that he can keep track of the church numbers and names to avoid duplication.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Zvqqyr frng, yrsg unaq raq snpvat puhepu.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)