Église Saint-Léger de Cheylade, Romanesque church in Cheylade, France.

The Church of Saint-Léger is built of rough grey and brown volcanic blocks with a steep slate roof. A square tower with a pyramidal roof, two louvered arched openings and a cross stands on the left; the nave extends right to a rounded apse. Two grilled round-arched windows pierce the lower wall, and a small metal bell tower with a cross sits on the roof ridge.

A church existed at Cheylade around 900, when the knight Étienne I donated it to the Cluniac abbey of Sauxillanges in 1029. The Romanesque building was erected in the early 12th century. English bands occupied the Petite Rhue valley from 1357, damaging the church around 1359–1360. It was enlarged in the 15th century with four rib-vaulted chapels and a south porch, then restored at the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries under architect Pierre Levesville, who supervised work from 1610 to 1614.

The church is dedicated to Leodegar of Autun, a martyr bishop whose fame in the region explains the dedication of the first building around the year 900. The 15th-century south porch, lined with two stone benches built into its side walls, served as the village common house. The 1,360 painted squares of the ceiling were made by an anonymous artist.

Visiting requires entering through a narrow door and climbing stairs, which may be difficult for people with mobility issues. Best to visit during daylight hours since the stairway is tight and dimly lit.

The 1,360 painted squares of the wooden coffered ceiling, probably made in the 18th century by an anonymous artist, led to the church's classification as a historic monument in 1963.