St Peter
and St John the Baptist, Wivelsfield
Parish Church of St. Peter and St John the Baptist The church is
the focal building in the hamlet. It is a grade II* listed building
built of wealden sandstone with a horsham slab roof. The building
contains traces of all periods from Saxon to English gothic
perpendicular, but is mainly 13th century. The tower is at the west
end of the south aisle. The north aisle was added in 1869 with the
Saxon Doorway rebuilt into its north wall. A more recent extension
was added to the front in the early 1990s. The small yard to the
front of the church is closely contained on both sides by adjacent
cottages. There are several mature trees in the front yard
including an ancient and imposing yew, these create a feeling of
enclosure and intimacy. By contrast the graveyard opens up to the
rear of the Church and is much more open and formal in its planning
with red brick paviour pathways, individual ornamental trees,
surrounding brick walls and fine views over rolling countryside
beyond to the south. This provides relief from the closely knit
group of buildings around the Church and associated traffic, and
creates a very tranquil space.
There is a short stay car park very close to the church which we
reccommend is where to park.
The above co-ordinates take you to a sign just inside the
entrance to the church yard. From this sign you will need to find
the last two dates. This will give you ABCD EFGH. The cache can
then be located at N50 58.AB(F-G) W000 05.(F-H)(D-G)(C-E+A)
If any body would
like to expand to this series please do, I would just ask that you
could let Sadexploration know first so he can keep track of the
Church numbers and names to avoid duplication