St. Issells nr. Saundersfoot / Eussyllt / St. Issel's / St. Issell's / Saint Issells / Saint Ishel / Usyllt

No idividual entry found for St Issells in the Domesday survey. The RCAHMW (Pembroke, 1925) reports a square font in this church. Described in Tyrrell-Green (1928): "A large Norman font at St. Issells (Pem) has a square bowl with a panel of scroll-like ornament upon each side". Described and illustrated in Lloyd, etc. (2001): "Very good Font. Square Norman bowl, the sides carved with scroll patterns, different on each side; on one, the crescent moon, sun and stars. Pedestal and base with corner scallops and simple carved faces." The entry for this church in British Listed Buildings [https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/300006093-st-issells-church-saundersfoot] [accessed 12 February 2020] notes: "The earliest surviving architectural feature is the pointed chancel arch of the C13. The N arcade may be equally old. The tower is probably of the C14 or C15. [...] The parts remaining from the mediaeval building are the tower, the N arcade and the chancel arch. [...] The font is a square bowl of oolitic limestone with a similar but slightly varied design inciised on all faces, with raised scroll features, irregularly symmetrical. There are what appear to be hhapphazardly placed stars and crescents. Its limestone pillar is probably two reused C12 orC13 column caps, each with a primitive carved "tete coupee" face on one corner." The font is made of three pieces: basin with underbowl, stem and lower base, with the pattern of the underbowl carrying down both elements of the base. The font is raised on a modern concrete plinth. The wooden cover is modern.