Six Mile Bottom : St. George's
St George’s sits away from the hamlet on the far side of a level crossing. It stands in a large field surrounded by Scots pines and only sparsely populated with graves.
The nave is faced with flint, but on each of the north and south walls are vertical panels of very thin bricks, into which the windows are set. These have the look of Strawberry Hill gothic about them – perfectly round heads, but intersecting metalwork separating the panes.
The tower is also built of the same combination of flint and brickwork, but with the proportions reversed : mostly the thin bricks, and above the south door a central panel of flint within the brickwork.
Above that are the bell-openings, and the little pyramid roof curves out with a faintly oriental air. It’s quite fun, this church, and is probably the only 1930’s church in Cambridgeshire.
Alexander Cross Hall, the owner of the large Hall and estates at Six Mile Bottom, decided in the early years of the 20th century that he would be leaving the village. However, as there was a need for a church in the community he put aside funds for the building of a church. He gifted the acre of ground to the Church Commissioners in 1912. However, with the outbreak of the First World War and his death, the project fell into abeyance. In 1931 an incoming rector revitalised the project, and using the funds which had been growing, the church went ahead. It was consecrated on 17th December 1933.
GPS accuracy was 21ft when the cache was placed. If you are trampling on daffodils you're in the wrong place!
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