Christ Church Long Load
Anglican Parish Church. 1854-6, by C E Giles, replacing chapel first recorded 1418. Local lias stone cut and squared, Ham stone dressings; bands of plain and scalloped clay tiles between stepped coped gables with cross finials. Two-cell plan of 2-bay chancel and 5-bay nave, with south porch and lean-to north-east vestry and spirelet. In a C13 revival style. Chancel has plinth, cill course, double corner buttresses; east window 3-light Geometric traceried under pointed arched label with unworked steps; south windows a single and a 2-light to match: vestry has 2 small cusped lancets in east wall, plain to north, and pointed arched doorway with curl stop lable in west wall, decorated chimney off north wall of chancel wall, which has a 2-light window west of vestry. Nave has details to match, with bay buttresses and 2-light geometric traceried windows in north and south walls, and a sub-arcuated 4-light west window. South porch has a C13 style moulded outer arch in gable, and simpler arch inside. Spirelet on north-east corner of nave, on octagonal base with plinth, stepped offsets just above eaves level, then a lancet with tracery infill to each face, finally a stepped stone steeplet with iron cross finials. Interior not accessible at time of survey (July 1985) - Pevsner says nothing of interest inside but VCH refers to the Jacobean pulpit which survives from the former chapel.
To find the cache, go to the published co-ords. The number of crosses in a 3 meter radius of here is A
Then find the grave of William Perren, who died Jan BC, 1848, and his wife, Charlotte, who died Nov DE, 1879.
Now find the grave of Mary Ann Russ, who died Oct F, 1950. There is a bench nearby where you can calculate the final co-ordinates, which are not inside the church grounds, but can be found at
N51 00.FA(D+A), W02 45.C(A+B)(E-A)
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