Chavigny-Bailleul is surrounded by fields and open countryside, offering a peaceful, rural setting. At the same time, the village preserves prominent traces of its history, including the Église Saint-Loup and the ruins of the Château de Bailleul.
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Culture
Several works of art and furnishings in the Église Saint-Loup date from earlier centuries. The high altar reredos, entitled “Scenes from the Life of Christ”, dates from the 16th century and was classified as a protected object on 10 June 1907. The paintings on the wooden structure depicting the Evangelists date from the late 18th century and were classified as protected objects on 17 March 1975.
The stained-glass window “The Death of the Virgin” also dates from the 16th century; it was classified as a protected object on 29 August 1951. The chalice and paten of the Église Saint-Loup date from the mid-18th century and were classified as protected objects on 28 April 1994.
The church building consists of flint masonry with dressed-stone surrounds around the windows, a roof made of assorted flat tiles, and two brick buttresses beside the choir.
History
The Église Saint-Loup was probably reconstructed from the last quarter of the 15th century onward. The nave and choir were built first, while the portal and bell tower were completed in the 1530s.
On 21 August 1944, the church was 50 % damaged by American artillery during the bombardment of the German airfield at Saint-André. It was restored or rebuilt between 1945 and 1963. The vaults, roof and stained-glass windows were renewed; the bell tower was rebuilt at a height approximately 3 m lower.
Landscape
Today, only one gable and two chimneys near the damaged towers remain of the Château de Bailleul; the remains are difficult to see. The ruins of the Château de Bailleul bear witness to Chavigny-Bailleul’s former seigneurial past.
In the Avre Valley between Saint-Lubin-des-Joncherets and Chavigny-Bailleul, traces of around thirty mills have been preserved. Some are still standing and have been converted into homes, while others can only be identified by the course of their millrace or moss-covered stones at the side of the path.
Other places: Cormeilles, Pullay, Bézu-Saint-Éloi, Saint-Martin-Saint-Firmin, Sainte-Geneviève-Lès-Gasny, Fort-Moville, Amfreville-La-Campagne, Berville-Sur-Mer
