In 1214, Adrien de Wissant had a church built dedicated to Notre-Dame and erected as a parish in 1224. This church became the northern transept of the current building when the first expansion work was undertaken at the end of the 17th century.
Its construction, begun in 1223, was only completed after several building campaigns up to the 17th century. Unique of its kind in France, Notre-Dame is probably the only church of Tudor influence in continental Europe. Its external appearance is similar to that of the cathedrals of Winchester, Rochester and Gloucester: it has neither buttresses nor buttresses, unlike most French cathedrals.
Razed in 1953, a new church was built on the same site, financed by war damage. In a modern style, it was built to the plans of Calaisian architect Georges Wiart in order to fit in with the new town planning of a completely rebuilt district.
The first stone was blessed on 7 April 1867 by Monsignor Lequette, the successor of Monsignor Parisis, and the church was blessed four years later, on 29 October.
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