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.
Summary Description
Reference Number
6688
Building Number
Grade
II*
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/07/1963
Date of Amendment
19/11/1998
Name of Property
Churchyard cross at Church of St Issui, Partrishow
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
The Vale of Grwyney
Town
Locality
Partrishow
Easting
327891
Northing
222428
Street Side
Location
On S side of church.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
C14 preaching cross with lantern restored in 1918 by W D Caroe who earlier carried out the restoration of the church. The lantern includes a depiction of Archbishop Baldwin of Canterbury, who is said to have preached the 3rd Crusade from here in 1188.
Exterior
On a square stepped plinth and with a square base which turns octagonal with broaches. The tapering octagonal shaft also turns square at the base with broaches. The lantern has figures in niches of Virgin and Child, a Rood, St Issui and Archbishop Baldwin.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed Grade II* for its special historic interest as a substantial survival of a medieval preaching cross.
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