Liste des sites du Hiemois

Saint-Loyer-des-Champs
(canton of Mortrée, Orne)

Chapel of Tercé castle

     This monument is a former castle chapel referred to in a charter of William the Bastard in c.1040.
Only the north walls of the nave remain, constructed in opus spicatum of a high degree of regularity, as well as some traces of the triumphal arch of the choir.
The regularity of the bonding and textual indications enable the building to be dated to the first half of the 11th century while the very deep reveal windows seem to be more of the 12th century.

Bibliography

- L'art roman dans l'Orne, Art de Basse-Normandie, n° 66, été 1975, p. 10.
- Baylé, M. "L'architecture romane autour d'Alençon et d'Argentan", in : Aspect de l'art religieux dans l'Orne, Bulletin de la société historique et archéologique de l'Orne, t. CXVII, n° 1-2, mars-juin 1998, p. 6-8.