Full Report for Listed Buildings


Summary Description of a Listed Buildings


Reference Number
18443
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
07/05/1997  
Date of Amendment
07/05/1997  
Name of Property
Preaching Cross at St. Issell's Church  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Pembrokeshire  
Community
Saundersfoot  
Town
 
Locality
Churchton  
Easting
213260  
Northing
205838  
Street Side
 
Location
In the churchyard of St Issell's at the N side of the church, on sloping ground.  

Description


Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary  
Period
 

History
 

Exterior
A mediaeval preaching cross, in sandstone, about 1.5 m in height, consisting of a worn shaft with arms on a socket-stone and plinth. It is on a base of three roughly-constructed steps. The shaft and the arms are of octagonal section. At the foot of the octagonal section are broach-stops and the lower part of the shaft is square.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Listed as a significant surviving example of a medieval preaching cross, and for group value with st. Issells's Church.  

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