I’ve been attending this church for over 4 years, and so it was a natural choice for me to place a cache here. Parking is available immediately outside, but beware of the traffic wardens if you are trying a cache and dash. The area often has many people walking past, so beware of muggles.
THE CACHE
The cache is a micro, with an identifying sticker on the outside. Tweezers will help you remove the log. The cache is possibly accessible for someone in a wheelchair; it would depend on their chair and range of movement. Therefore, I gave it a terrain rating of 1.5, not 1.
Permission for placing it has been given by church minister David Dean. The church admin is aware of the cache.
If you would like a cryptic hint, rather than looking at the regular Hint, have a look in the bible at Judges 20:40 (not NIV). Follow Benjamin’s action.
CHURCH CACHES
The cache has joined the Church Cache series, with thanks to user Sadexploration.
If you would like to add to the Church Micro series yourself then please look here
http://churchmicro.co.uk/
There is also a Church Micro Stats & Information page that can be found at
http://www.15ddv.me.uk/geo/cm/index.html
CHURCH HISTORY
City United Reformed Church is a Grade II listed building located in Windsor Place, Cardiff. Originally constructed in 1866, it was listed in 1975.
The church was designed in a Neogothic style by the Scottish architect Frederick Thomas Pilkington, and originally belonged to the Presbyterian denomination. Pilkington made a point of using local materials and created a gabled roof with an octagonal spire. Pilkington modelled the church on a chapel constructed in Barclay Place, Edinburgh.
In 1893, the west front was redesigned by another architect, E.M. Bruce Vaughan , who built a new porch. After a fire, Vaughan rebult the interior and added a new hammerbeam roof in 1910.
The tower and spire reach 141 feet in height; the pulpit is made of Caen stone. The organ was added in 1883 at a cost of £1000.
In 1972, when the United Reformed Church was created by a merger of the Congregational Church in England and Wales and the Presbyterian Church of England, City URC became part of the Province of Wales within the new denomination.
URC is an Open and Inclusive Christian congregation.