Exterior view
by PATTE, Pierre, Photo
The parish church at Bolbec, built in 1071, was destroyed in the 1765 fire. In 1774, construction of a new church, designed by architect Pierre Patte, began on the same site as the one destroyed. On April 25th, 1774, the Duke and the Duchess of Charost laid the cornerstone. The building was blessed on February 24th, 1781. It has a broadstone and brick outside giving the building a resolutely modern cauchois style. Inside, everything is organized around the altar and original fluted columns. At the Revolution, the church became a temple of Reason which was devastated in 1794 by the revolutionary army soldiers.
Classified as “historic monument” on September 3rd, 1992, the building is characterized by its high steeple decorated with Corinthian columns, which ends in a cupola.
The photo shows the fa�ade of the church.