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
6689
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/07/1963
Date of Amendment
19/11/1998
Name of Property
St Issui's Well
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
The Vale of Grwyney
Town
Locality
Partrishow
Easting
327843
Northing
222428
Street Side
Location
On E side of minor road and on N bank of river in a dingle SW of parish church.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Probably the site of a pre Christian shrine which influenced the siting of the church here. It is traditionally associated with Issui, who was said to have had a cell nearby and who was canonised after his murder by a traveller. The water was also said to possess healing properties and to have attracted pilgrims. The present structure is probably a C18 or C19 rebuild.
Exterior
Consisting of a shallow spring feeding a pool, with rubble stone walls on N, W and E sides. The wall on E side is integral with a field wall, the walls on N and W sides are built into a bank. In the N wall is a plain niche and an opening at the base where water flows into the small pool. A stone slab canopy covers the pool. The E and W walls also enclose flagstones on the S side.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included for its historical associations with Partrishow and the early Celtic Church.
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