Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais
Avranches, Manche, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- L'église en totalité (cad. AR 322) : inscription par arrêté du 16 février 2006
- Protection dates
- 2006/02/16 : inscrit MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 2e quart 19e siècle, 2e moitié 19e siècle
- Dates
- 1843, 1880
- Architect or builder
- Cheftel (architecte)
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Address
- 14 rue Ormont
- Commune
- Avranches
- Département
- Manche
- Region
- Normandie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 48.68650, -1.35830
- Mérimée reference
- PA50000039
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1824 map "A Map of the Vendee, South of the Loire and North of Brittany North of that River." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Paroisse mentionnée dès le 7e siècle. Le premier édifice, construit au 17e siècle, présentait une tour de façade surmontée de deux dômes. A la demande de la ville, un nouvel édifice reprenant à l'identique le précédent jugé vétuste, est construit en 1843 par l'architecte Cheftel. En 1890, la reconstruction de la tour façade est entreprise par Cheftel fils. Les travaux s'achèvent en 1899. A l'intérieur, la nef est composée d'une colonnade qui reçoit un entablement accueillant la voûte à pénétration. A l'extérieur, la tour présente le passage du massif carré au dôme octogonal surmonté d'un lanternon.
English translation
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History
Parish mentioned as early as the 7th century. The first building, constructed in the 17th century, had a façade tower surmounted by two domes. At the request of the town, a new building reproducing the previous one identically, deemed dilapidated, was built in 1843 by architect Cheftel. In 1890, the reconstruction of the façade tower was undertaken by Cheftel fils. The works were completed in 1899. Inside, the nave is composed of a colonnade which receives an entablature accommodating the barrel vault. Outside, the tower shows the transition from the massive square mass to the octagonal dome surmounted by a lantern.
Nearby in the register
- Maison à pans de boismaisonunder 1 mi
- Anciennes fortificationsfortification d'agglomérationunder 1 mi
- Statue de Valhubertmonumentunder 1 mi
- Église Notre-Dame des Champségliseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.