Consecrated in 1872 as a chapel-of-ease to Charing's parish church of St. Peter and Paul; the building began life in 1861 as an infant school serving the new but scattered villages of Charing Heath and Lenham Heath, before a new school was built on the plot of land immediately behind the church.The building was extended eastwards in 1869 with the construction of the small apsidal chancel and bellcote.The ecclesiastical parish of Holy Trinity, Charing Heath, was created in 1874. The building of both school and church came through the donations of gifts and money from the Sayer family of Pett Place in Charing. Their memorial cross stands in the front of the churchyard together with the graves of the family members. The three stained-glass lancet windows in the chancel were given in memory of Charlotte Sayer, who more than anyone else ensured that this small Victorian church came into existence. The Sayer family also provided the majority of the furnishings; with the altar frontal and pulpit fall being given in the 1920s. The wooden pulpit dates from 1933 was made by local church sidesman Frank Howland, who was a wheelwright by trade. The little electric organ was installed in 1996. It has been placed in a curious recess area on the north side of the church which presumably had some architectural significance when the building was a schoolhouse. The runner for the altar steps on which parishioners kneel when receiving Holy Communion was designed in 1999 to commemorate the Millennium. It was designed by Joan Pettengell and stitched by members of the church congregation. At the west end of the church is a rickety little wooden gallery, which today appears to be the area of the church where the local bat population appears to thrive. The expression "bats in the belfry" is very appropriate for this small, rural, Victorian church.
In order to obtain the coordinates for this multi cache you will need to answer the following questions, the answers can be found by examining the church and the adjacent graveyard.
Question 1. How many drain pipes are there around the church = AB
Question 2. How many windows/skylights are there in the church roof = C
Question 3. On the main door to the church (NE side) how many fixings/rivets are there holding on the door handle = DE
There are two white stone war graves in the graveyard immediately adjacent to the church
Question 4. On the grave dedicated to Private J.T.Sage how many words are written in the verse at the bottom of the stone in front of the word 'Wife' = FG
Question 5. On the grave dedicated to Private T.J.Unwin how many words are written in the verse at the bottom of the stone = H
The final coordinates can be calculated from the following:-
N 51° 1({G-H}+F).C({C+B}-E)B E 000° 4(H-E).(G+B)(C+D+F)(B-A)
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