Parfouru-L'Eclin (canton of Caumont-L'Eventé, Calvados) Church

    The church of Parfouru-l’Éclin is a simply laid-out building : a Romanesque nave, significantly re-worked in the 19th century, with a 15th or 16th century porch at the west, a 13th century choir and a tower built into the north wall between the nave and the choir. The square plan Romanesque tower has four stages : a tall base with no openings has herringbone masonry in its walls; each of the three upper stages is set back from the one below and at the top is a pitched roof. It is characteristic of Norman towers of the period with a multiplicity of openings and decoration on each stage.

Bibliography

- Caumont, Arcisse (de). - Statistique monumentale du Calvados, Hardel, Caen, 1859, T. II, p. 302 à 304
- Les siècles romans en Basse-Normandie, n° spécial Art de Basse-Normandie, n° 92, printemps 1985, p. 105