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
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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