TreeAlive
‹ Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques, France

Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France

Ancienne église Saint-Laurent

Beaulieu-lès-Loches, Indre-et-Loire, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Eglise Saint-Laurent (ancienne) : classement par arrêté du 17 septembre 1952
Protection dates
1952/09/17 : classé MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
12e siècle, 13e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Address
rue Foulques-Nerra
Commune
Beaulieu-lès-Loches
Département
Indre-et-Loire
Region
Centre-Val de Loire
Country
France
Coordinates
47.12902, 1.01229
Mérimée reference
PA00097562

Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1592 map "Topographia Aug. Turon Ducatus et confinium Gallia Cestica ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Get directions ↗

This record on the Ministère de la Culture's POP platform ↗

The Ministère de la Culture's notice

A l'origine, l'église était une simple chapelle. Elle fut érigée en cure vers 1229, puis désaffectée à la Révolution. L'édifice comprend une nef accompagnée de deux collatéraux, datant du début du 13e siècle, suivie de deux travées de choeur de la fin du 12e siècle. Le choeur est accosté de deux chapelles ajoutées au 16e siècle. La nef et ses collatéraux sont couverts de voûtes angevines. Le clocher élevé au 12e siècle sur la travée du bas-côté nord du choeur est construit sur plan carré.

English translation

The text above is the record as published by the Ministère de la Culture, in French. The English below is a machine translation made by TreeAlive, not by the Ministère de la Culture; it has not been checked by a person. Where the two differ, the original is the record. Report a translation error: privacy@treealive.com

Originally, the church was a simple chapel. It was raised to a cure around 1229, then desecrated at the Revolution. The building comprises a nave accompanied by two aisles, dating from the early 13th century, followed by two bays of choir from the late 12th century. The choir is flanked by two chapels added in the 16th century. The nave and its aisles are covered with Angevin rib vaults. The bell tower raised in the 12th century over the bay of the north aisle of the choir is built on a square plan.

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
See your own family's places on a living map