Perrières (Canton of Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives, Calvados) Priory church of Saint-Vigor

   The priory of Saint-Vigor in Perrières, a dependency of the abbey of Marmoutiers, was founded in 1075 by baron Richard de Courcy. A large church was built at the end of the 11^th century. From the Romanesque period there remain the façade, the nave - whose aisles have disappeared, a transept heavily re-worked in the 15^th century surmounted by a tower at the transept crossing and a choir with an apse flanked by aisles, one of which retains an apsidiole in the east. Unsympathetic restoration disfigured the interior of the church in the 19^th century with the addition of a gabled bell housing with bays. Other elements of the priory are still visible, in particular a tithe barn from the end of the 12^th century and a residence from the 16^th century which retains a re-used Romanesque lintel in its south wall.n).

Bibliography

- Musset, Lucien. " Sites monastiques de la Basse-Normandie. Le prieuré de Perrières ", dans Art de Basse-Normandie, n° 17, Printemps 1960, p. 7 à 11
- Musset, Lucien. – Normandie romane, Zodiaque, La Pierre-Qui-Vire, 1987, T. 1, p. 37-38