Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Saumeray, Eure-et-Loir, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise (cad. AC 80) : inscription par arrêté du 20 octobre 1971
- Protection dates
- 1971/10/20 : inscrit MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 13e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Saumeray
- Département
- Eure-et-Loir
- Region
- Centre-Val de Loire
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 48.25024, 1.32113
- Mérimée reference
- PA00097210
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Perchensis Comitatus : La Perche Comte" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Cette église comporte une nef rectangulaire dont l'accès se fait par un porche. La nef est couverte par une voûte en planches laissant apparaître les entraits et poinçons de la charpente. Au centre de la nef, un arc en bois supporté par deux colonnes est surmonté d'un Christ également en bois. Le clocher carré a sa salle basse accessible directement de la nef. Il est surmonté d'une flèche en ardoises.
English translation
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History
This church comprises a rectangular nave whose access is through a porch. The nave is covered by a barrel vault of boards revealing the tie beams and king posts of the roof structure. In the centre of the nave, a wooden arch supported by two columns is surmounted by a Christ also in wood. The square bell tower has its lower room directly accessible from the nave. It is surmounted by a slate spire.
Nearby in the register
- Dolmen de Quincampoixdolmen2 mi
- Église Notre-Dameéglise2 mi
- Châteauchâteau2 mi
- Domaine de Rabestanchâteau3 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.