Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Date of Designation
19/11/1998
Date of Amendment
19/11/1998
Name of Property
Lych Gate at Church of St Issui, Partrishow
Community
The Vale of Grwyney
Location
On W side of the churchyard.
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
History
Erected in memory of Richard Baker-Gabb of Abergavenny who died in 1919. Possibly also by W D Caroe who restored the churchyard cross in 1918 and the church 1908-9.
Exterior
Arts-and-Crafts style lych gate of snecked rubble stone and gabled stone-tile roof. The interior is barrel vaulted with recesses containing stone benches and an inscription band commemorating Richard Baker-Gabb of Abergavenny (d. 1919). Double wooden gates to the front have cast iron fleur-de-lys finials.
Reason for designation
A strong component in the setting of the church, and for group value with other items in the churchyard.
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