Église Saint-Barthélemy de Bousval, Romanesque church in Bousval, Belgium

Église Saint-Barthélemy de Bousval has a rough grey sandstone west front with a classical portal of 1738, carved with the arms of Count Philippe Norbert van der Stegen and the inscription "Anno 1738". Behind it rises a red brick bell tower with pale stone quoins and a grey spire. The 1857 neo-classical nave and pentagonal chevet are in red brick with white stone bands.

The church was built in the 12th century as a medieval structure. It received major redesigns in 1761 for a more classical appearance, and was rebuilt again in the mid-1800s.

The parish belonged first to the diocese of Liège, then to Namur. Inside are baptismal fonts dated 1555, tombstones of two early-17th-century lords, a polychrome statue of the same period, the marble mausoleum of the van der Stegen family, and the late-17th-century chariot of Saint Bartholomew.

The church stands in Bousval, part of Genappe in Walloon Brabant. The Romanesque narthex of the 12th century forms the base of the brick bell tower, and the 1857 neo-classical nave extends behind it; the 1738 classical portal, carved with the van der Stegen arms and "Anno 1738", marks the entrance. Look up in the nave for the ten windows installed in 2016.

The 1738 classical portal carries a coat of arms inscribed "Anno 1738", showing the arms of Count Philippe Norbert van der Stegen, Drossart of the Duchy of Brabant, and his wife Anne Antoinette Joséphine de Man, daughter of the Vice-Chancellor of the Council of Brabant. Two pilasters flank it beneath a base-less pediment with a diamond-point tympanum.