Eglise de la Nativité de Notre-Dame, Catholic church in Linselles, France.
The Eglise de la Nativité de Notre-Dame is a hall church in Linselles, built 1923-1926 to designs by Jean-Baptiste and Henri Maillard in Art Deco style drawing on elements of several building traditions. It has a broad saddleback roof, a flanking tower with a saddleback roof, and a projecting entrance porch topped by a small turret.
A 16th-century church with a central nave stood on this site until retreating German troops blew it up in 1918. A completely new church was built from 1923 to 1926 to designs by Jean-Baptiste Maillard and Henri Maillard.
The 1927 stained-glass windows were made by the glaziers David et Plateaux and by Pierre Turpin, as the church's own glazing campaign after the 1923-1926 rebuild. The church long held a 17th-century gilded statue, which was stolen twice.
The church is a single-hall building under one broad gabled roof, so the whole interior is visible from the entrance. The tower with its saddleback roof stands alongside the nave, and a small turret crowns the projecting entrance porch. Look for the 1927 stained-glass windows by David et Plateaux and by Pierre Turpin.
The 17th-century gilded statue once kept in the church was stolen twice, so the figure a visitor sees today is not the original. The present building itself dates from 1923-1926, when it replaced the church blown up by retreating German troops in 1918.
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