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Chapelle de Saint-Houarneau

Bourbriac, Côtes-d'Armor, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Les façades et les toitures (cad. L13 196 ; XC 40) : inscription par arrêté du 14 septembre 1964
Protection dates
1964/09/14 : inscrit MH
Type
chapelle
Main period of construction
16e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Bourbriac
Département
Côtes-d'Armor
Region
Bretagne
Country
France
Coordinates
48.44940, -3.22821
Mérimée reference
PA00089030

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1786 map "Bretagne." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Grande chapelle rurale ornée de motifs du 16e siècle. L'édifice est de plan rectangulaire, avec une chapelle latérale au milieu de la longère sud. La porte d'entrée, ogivale, a la gorge des piedroits garnie de motifs inspirés de la végétation, ainsi que l'extrados en forme d'accolade entre les deux pinacles accolés à fleurons. La pointe de cette accolade est ornée d'une croix travaillée. Dessus, trois petites statues reposent sur une pierre saillante. Ce motif ouest d'entrée est centré dans un pignon avec les rampants décorés de fleurons et de grotesques aux angles. Sur le côté nord, une porte à linteau horizontal entaillé d'un arc laissant un segment comme tympan, se trouve sous trois pierres sculptées réemployées. La chapelle latérale sud possède encore un fenestrage à meneau central. Des personnages se voient aux angles bas des rampants. A l'intérieur, la voûte en bois est en forme de berceau plat.

English translation

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Large rural chapel decorated with 16th century motifs. The building is rectangular in plan, with a lateral chapel in the middle of the south long side. The entrance door, pointed arch, has the gorge of the jambs decorated with motifs inspired by vegetation, as well as the extrados in the form of a ogee arch between the two pinacles flanked by fleurons. The point of this ogee arch is decorated with an elaborate cross. Above, three small statues rest on a projecting stone. This west entrance motif is centered in a gable with the ramps decorated with fleurons and grotesques at the angles. On the north side, a door with a horizontal lintel incised with an arch leaving a segment as tympanum is found under three reused sculptured stones. The south lateral chapel still has fenestration with a central mullion. Figures are visible at the lower angles of the ramps. Inside, the wooden vault is in the form of a flat barrel vault.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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