Church Micro 5882...Biscovey Multi-cache

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spooky_luke: It looks like the work on the tower may take up to 6 years, so I'm archiving this listing and reworking the cache associated with this location. Thanks to all who visited over the years.

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Hidden : 5/30/2014
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

A straightforward multi-cache set around the church in Biscovey. The headline co-ords are for the start point.
The cache is not located within the church grounds.
To find the cache, you will need to circumnavigate the outside of the church in a clockwise direction and collect digits as outlined below.

Stage 1
Stand at the big front door to the church. You will see that a number of large carved stones have been used to form an arch above it.
The number of large stones forming the outer arch = A.
 (N.B., to check that you have counted the right stones, the number for A is one more than the number of stones used to form the inner arch).
The number of boot scrapers on the steps = B.

Stage 2
 Now go clockwise round the church building to the long wall of the north side of the church. There are a number of tall thin windows in this wall.
The number of round windows above these tall thin windows = C.

Stage 3
Continue clockwise around the church building until you are back on the south side (the same side as the big front door where you started) at the smaller chancel door. The old granite stone to the left of the door is called the Biscovey Stone (more information about its history can be found below).
The number of vertical planks forming the chancel door = D.
Stage 4
Now follow the path to take a seat on Nicholas Anderson’s Bench. It was donated by his workmates and friends at Greenbank Hospital.
The year it was placed =EFGH.

The cache is hidden at:

N50° CE.HDG W 004° (D-C) (C+B).AFB and can be accessed via the Footpath waypoint provided


About the Church
St. Mary’s Church stands on land given by Edward Carlyon (the owner of nearby Tregrehan House) on the 9th July 1847. It was consecrated on 1st November 1849 having been commissioned in 1846 by the first Vicar of Par, the Reverend George Rundle Prynne.
It is built mainly from reddish coloured Biscovey slate dug from the adjacent quarry (now the car park!). The quoins, or corner stones, are hewn from Pentewan Stone brought from quarries near Mevagissey.

A square tower with broached octagonal belfry (containing one bell) and stone spire, stands at the west end of the south aisle. The church comprises a chancel, nave and three-bay south aisle, each having a separate gabled roof.
The south aisle was converted into a side-chapel and dedicated to St. Francis with stained glass windows over the altar in memory of Frank Garrett, who was Vicar of Par from 1872 to 1885. The windows of the nave are plain double lancets, and at the south east corner a fine effect is obtained by their three differing lengths. The centre window above the War Memorial is dedicated to St. George.

In 1957 Sir John Betjeman said: “St Mary’s, Biscovey, is the work of an artist. It is built of local materials and looks at home in the landscape. How excellent is the barn-like simplicity of the Nave roof and that of the Aisle! The delightful triple lancets of the East Window are made effective by the slight broadening of the centre Light. George Edmund Street is one of the great English Architects. He designed hundreds of Churches, but I doubt if he ever produced a better Church than the honest, simple Parish Church of Par.”

In the Churchyard to the south of the Chancel door, stands the Biscovey Stone, an early Christian memorial stone. It is the shaft of a cross which formerly stood on the south side of the St. Austell to St. Blazey Road on the corner past Biscovey Post Office. It was moved to its present location in 1896 by the Rev. D. R. Vaughan.


The Biscovey Stone


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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Uvqqra oruvaq ynetr nfu gerr

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)


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