Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Ancienne église de Saint-Aignan d'Herbilly
Mer, Loir-et-Cher, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise de Saint-Aignan d'Herbilly (ancienne) : inscription par arrêté du 21 septembre 1946
- Protection dates
- 1946/09/21 : inscrit MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle, 16e siècle, 17e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété privée, propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Mer
- Département
- Loir-et-Cher
- Region
- Centre-Val de Loire
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 47.70912, 1.53821
- Mérimée reference
- PA00098485
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1760 map "29 Blois." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
En 1944, l'église, qui était désaffectée depuis 1835, a subi de grands dommages de guerre. Bombardée, il n'en subsiste plus que les murs de la nef et le clocher. La partie romane du 12e siècle se compose du choeur, de l'abside en hémicycle et d'une partie de la nef. Le reste de la nef date de la fin du 15e ou du début du 16e siècle. Le clocher est une tour carrée du 16e siècle. Porte flamboyante date du début du 17e siècle.
English translation
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History
In 1944, the church, which had been disused since 1835, suffered great war damage. Bombed, only the nave walls and bell tower remain. The Romanesque part of the 12th century consists of the chevet, the hemicycle apse and part of the nave. The rest of the nave dates from the late 15th or early 16th century. The bell tower is a square tower from the 16th century. Flamboyant door dates from the early 17th century.
Nearby in the register
- Château de Chantecaillechâteau1 mi
- Château d'Avaraychâteau1 mi
- Hallemarché couvert1 mi
- Église Saint-Hilaireéglise2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.