Church of Saint-Aubin-et-Saint-Agip
The Church of Saint-Aubin-et-Saint-Agip is located in Saint-Aubin-d'Ecrosville, in Normandy. It combines the late Gothic style with the more dominant Renaissance style. The facade, the nave and the aisles date from the sixteenth century, while the choir and the sacristy were added in the eighteenth century. The beautiful western facade provides remarkable decoration of the interior.
About this building
The Church of Saint-Aubin-et-Saint-Agip is located in Saint-Aubin-d'Ecrosville, in Normandy. It combines the late Gothic style with the more dominant Renaissance style. The facade, nave and the aisles date from the sixteenth century , while the choir and the sacristy date from the eighteenth century.
The beautiful western facade is remarkable due to its abundant decor. The facade ends with a gallery that is pierced by four sided bays, and a bay with diamond-shaped niches that display busts.
The church has a nave of four bays that is flanked by two aisles. It is extended by a square choir with chevet sides, with walls of Vernon stone and flint. A brick sacristy is built against the choir. A square bell tower, surmounted by a tall octagonal spire, dominates the ensemble at the north-west corner of the building. It is covered with flat tiles and slates. The lower south side is adorned with two Renaissance style bays that frame a small semicircular Doric style portal, decorated with several niches and sundials.
Inside, the choir was decorated in the18th century fashion: there is a high altar and an altarpiece, as well as the statues of Saint Eloi and Saint Aubin, and paintings of the 17th and 18th centuries and a 12th century tomb effigy of Richard d'Harcourt.
