Église Saint-Martin de Roubaix, Neo-Gothic church in Roubaix, France

Église Saint-Martin is a Neo-Gothic church in Roubaix with a 16th-century square tower topped by a slender spire and clock. Its south facade, added by architect Charles Leroy between 1848 and 1859, has a pointed-arch portal, rose window and three pinnacles. Inside, five naves are separated by columns, some surviving from the 15th-century building.

A church is attested at Roubaix in 1169, though legend traces it to the 9th century; nothing remains of the Romanesque building. The present church follows a 15th-century Gothic three-nave structure, of which only the façade tower, left unfinished in 1571, and some nave columns survive. Charles Leroy rebuilt it from 1848 to 1859, adding two naves and a monumental Neo-Gothic south façade facing the square. It was listed as a monument historique in 2009.

Inside are paintings by Louis Joseph Watteau (an Assumption of the Virgin, 1779) and Victor Mottez (a Charity of Saint Martin, 1867-68), plus a Descent from the Cross by André Missant. The polychrome wooden retable of Saint John the Baptist, carved around 1540, is the piece to look for. Near the northern entrance stands the blue-stone cenotaph of François de Luxembourg, who died in 1472.

The building is typically open to visitors during daylight hours, with regular worship services throughout the week. As an active place of worship, visitors should be respectful of those attending services or prayers.

The church keeps the polychrome wooden retable of Saint John the Baptist, carved around 1540. Near the northern entrance stands the blue-stone cenotaph of François, son of Jacques de Luxembourg, who died in 1472. The 16th-century façade tower was left unfinished in 1571.