Church Micro #5219 Nailsworth Multi-cache
Church Micro #5219 Nailsworth
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St George's church usually open 10 - 4pm in the summer.
The cache is located a short walk away from the church, you do not need to enter the church to collect the required information.
The coordinates will take you to a waypoint, collect information and then find the cache at:
N51º(C+D)A.(H-C)FD W002ºEC.BG(B-C)
This large parish church, consecrated in November 1900 and with a seating capacity of 500, was built in the Early English style and consisted originally only of a nave, aisles and south porch because the new building fund was insufficient to cover the provision of a chancel and a tower.
The architect was a Mr M H Medland FRIBA of Gloucester. Subsequently the chancel, Lady Chapel and vestries were added in 1939 in memory of those who died in the First World War but the church tower was never built because of the continuing lack of money.
The adjoining Parish Room was built as a major extension to the vestries in 1980 and is used frequently by the community at large for all sorts of activities.
The church, being relatively modern has few items of historical interest in it but it does contain some interesting stained windows in the south aisle – three that depict St Luke, St Paul and St Barnabas all bearing the wheat sheaf mark of Kempe and three depicting St Richard of Chichester, St George and St Martin. The remaining stained glass window, depicting the prophetess Anna bears the craft mark (a greyhound) of Herbert Bryans. The East window, erected in 1977, was designed by Peter Strong whilst the mural on the West wall, depicting community life in Nailsworth, was painted by Sir Oliver Heywood in 1985. There is no churchyard around the church.
St George’s is the “Town” church where the community gather for the annual Remembrance Day services and the Town Carol Service in December.
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