Église Saint-Pierre

English translation

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History

The church had been given by the Giroie to the abbey of Saint-Evroult in 1128. It was burnt a few years later, during the struggles between Stephen of Blois and Geoffrey Plantagenet, count of Anjou. The present building succeeds the larger building of the 13th century and to the alterations due to the destructions of the Wars of Religion (1562). The church comprises a nave whose first bay supports the bell tower, and a narrower choir terminated by a flat chevet. A chapel is attached to the north facade of the nave, and a sacristy to the north facade of the choir. The nave appears to date from the 13th century for its buttresses and its western gable. The masonry is in flint cut horizontally by bands of limestone. All the lateral openings are in Flamboyant style. The door of the south facade was remade in the 17th century. A remainder of chequerwork masonry of part flint, part white stone, is visible on the first bay to the south. The north chapel was built in the 17th century and is adorned with classical decoration with fluted pilasters. The choir was entirely rebuilt in the 17th century.