The tiny church of St Issui at Partrishow sits alone on a hillside above the Grwyne Fawr valley, reached by narrow lanes from Crickhowell or Abergavenny. It is known for its fifteenth-century carved oak rood screen and its wall paintings, including a skeleton representing Time, and for the holy well in the dingle below.
Partrishow Church
Remote hillside church in the Black Mountains with a carved oak rood screen and a painted skeleton
Most visitors miss this
Inside you will find a truly beautiful 15th century oak rood screen and loft and most strikingly on the west wall of the nave is a painted figure of 'Time' a skeleton with scythe, hourglass and spade.