Église Saint-Thélo

English translation

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History

The church of Saint-Thélo is built essentially in the second half of the 17th century (1668-1696) and completed in the first half of the following century by the north arm of the transept and a baptistery chapel. It is part of these relatively modest buildings whose quality is revealed less in the external architecture, very sober, than in the attention paid to interior decoration. It thus testifies to a particularly prosperous period for the parish, linked to the international trade in linen fabrics to which, like its neighbours, this rural commune actively contributed between the years 1640 and the Revolution.

Description

The building adopts a Latin-cross plan oriented, with nave and aisles of four bays of round-arch arcades supported by solid granite piers. These are round to the north while two out of three are square to the south. The choir with three sides is extended by a sacristy also with cut corners, comprising three levels of which one is roof space. The roof structure of the choir is generally in place, but the feet of the bracing timbers and the wall plates are embedded in the masonry, and the original tie-beams have been cut at an indeterminate date.