Église Saint-Hilaire de Boissets, Medieval church in Boissets, France.
Église Saint-Hilaire de Boissets is a 15th-century church built of light brown and grey rubble masonry, with a single nave ending in a flat chevet flanked by a small quadrangular annex. A quadrangular slate-covered bell tower with a pyramidal top rises from the steep shingled roof. Squared-stone buttresses divide the side walls, and the main façade has a basket-handle doorway in a lighter stone surround.
A church is documented here in the 11th century: between 1078 and 1099 Raoul, lord of Civry, gave it to the abbey of Notre-Dame de Coulombs, which shared the tithe of Boissets with the priory of Haute-Bruyère until the Revolution. The oldest surviving parts date from the 15th century, and the bell tower on its timber frame was built in the 18th century. It became a vicarial chapel in 1825 and was listed as a monument historique on 6 March 1950.
The church bears the name of Saint Hilaire, but its medieval tithe was shared between the abbey of Notre-Dame de Coulombs, to which Raoul de Civry gave the church between 1078 and 1099, and the priory of Haute-Bruyère until the Revolution. Inside stands a statue listed in the Mérimée register, identified as Saint Clotilde or Saint Odon.
The church is oriented to the north-east, with the main door in the gable facade and the flat chevet at the opposite end; the bell tower sits over the nave. The building is inscribed as a monument historique, so access to the interior depends on parish use.
The bell tower rests on a timber frame and dates from the 18th century, while the oldest masonry of the church goes back to the 15th century. The building was listed as a monument historique on 6 March 1950.
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