Sainte-Germaine-Cousin Church, Calais
In 1923, the first stones and bricks are laid but the construction site is delayed. Finally, the work was spread out over about a decade, in particular because the ground was too muddy.
About this building
The church of Saint Germaine, with a Latin cross plan, is oriented. Its four-storey west portal, or more precisely a porch tower, consists of a portico with three entrances. The north transept arm is flanked at its end by an aedicula with an eight-sided circular plan, while the south arm is flanked by an annex with a quadrangular plan. The second level of the transept arms has an oculus on either side of the nave. The cornice that precedes the gable roof that runs the length of the nave and the arms of the transept is decorated with modillions. Finally, the three-sided apse has a polygonal hipped roof.
