Church of Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul, Cordebugle
The Church of St. Peter and St Paul de Cordebugle was built on the remains of an older building which was destroyed in 1136 by G. Plantagenet, of which there remains only the square bell tower and the choir. The nave and the portal are of Gothic style (15th century). Inside, you will notice the Louis XIV style main altar and its altarpiece, decorated with antependium embroidery pearls (16th century) as well as beautifully crafted paintings, statues and stained glass.
About this building
The Church of St. Peter and St Paul Cordebugle, prior to the revolution known as the church of Saint-Pierre-des-Bois, is located in Normandy in the canton of Lisieux. The church was built on the remains of a building that was destroyed in 1136 by the armies of G Plantagenet.
From this time, only the square bell tower remains between the choir and the nave. Built of poudingue (stone rubble), it is crowned by a pyramidal spire covered in the 16th century with slates. The choir (late 12th century) has a flat chevet, lower and narrower than the nave with no buttresses. Its lancet windows are surmounted by a semicircular arch, showing construction or a development during the sixteenth or seventeenth century. The rectangular nave and the portal belong to the last ogival period (15th century).
The portal offers a pretty lintel door framed in a large braced ogive, decorated with large leaves of kale. It is flanked by two prismatic buttresses surmounted by pinnacles. In the 16th century, a porch was added in front of the gate, and a chapel of the Virgin and a sacristy, and the bell tower was raised.
Inside, the Louis XIV style high altar (1707) and its architectural altarpiece niche are decorated with antependium bead embroidery (16th century). Many paintings and statues as well as stained glasses donated by parishioners during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries are also noteworthy.
