Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
01/03/1963
Date of Amendment
28/07/1992
Name of Property
Ruins of St Justinian's Chapel
Unitary Authority
Pembrokeshire
Locality
Porthstinian/St Justinian's
Location
Situated in the grounds of Saint Justinian's, some 60m E of house.
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
History
Early C16, ruins of chapel on supposed burial site of Saint Justinian, reputedly rebuilt by Bishop Vaughan (1509-22) but very probably including earlier work.
Chapel is reputedly the burial place of Saint Justinian, Breton contemporary of Saint David, martyred by jealous monks on Ramsey Island.
Exterior
Rubble stone, roofless, walls standing some 4m high. Rectanhular plan some 12m by 5m with variuos openings robbed of their ashlar fromas. Corbel table all around, interrupted by head of E window. Early descriptions suggest battlements, gables and a small battlemented tower, all gone now. Three windows each side of varied sizes and two doors on N. W end door, E end window apparently segment-headed.
Interior
Segment-headed arcading on each side, not matching, evidence of a chancel division from rood-beams and single step up. Traces of piscina and aumbry recess in chancel and broad " end segmental-pointed blank arch. SW angle had stair.
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