Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Pierre
Vesly, Manche, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise (cad. AT 39) : classement par arrêté du 12 décembre 1996
- Protection dates
- 1996/12/12 : classé MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 13e siècle, 15e siècle
- Later work
- 3e quart 20e siècle
- Dates
- 1472, 1957
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Vesly
- Département
- Manche
- Region
- Normandie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 49.25255, -1.50485
- Mérimée reference
- PA00110639
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1773 map "2me. Carte Particuliere des Costes de Normandie." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Eglise construite sur une ancienne nécropole mérovingienne, représentative du gothique cotentinais du début du 13e siècle à la fin du 15e siècle. La nef et transept sont du début du 13e siècle. Le choeur et les collatéraux ont été édifiés vers 1460. Le porche a été ajouté en 1472. La nef a été restaurée en 1957 (elle possède une charpente lambrissée restituée après la destruction de la voûte néo-gothique pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale).
English translation
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History
Church built on an ancient Merovingian necropolis, representative of Cotentin Gothic from the beginning of the 13th century to the end of the 15th century. The nave and transept are from the early 13th century. The choir and aisles were built around 1460. The porch was added in 1472. The nave was restored in 1957 (it has a ceiled roof structure restored after the destruction of the Neo-Gothic vault during the Second World War).
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.