Eglise de la Nativité de la vierge de Ville sur Lumes

The Church of the Nativity of the Virgin was built in the first half of the 19th century. The village of Ville was once just a hamlet of Saint-Laurent and on April 20, 1872 it was established as an independent commune and took the name Ville-sur-Lumes. The Church of the Nativity of the Virgin is located on the northern outskirts of the village. It has an elongated plan. The nave is composed of three vessels of four bays: the first bay of the central vessel is occupied by the bell tower, the base of which serves as an entrance vestibule and accommodates the spiral staircase. The choir is in the form of a straight bay followed by a three-sided apse; the sacristy is backed by the south wall of the straight bay. The building is built of limestone rubble with a chain of Dom-le-Mesnil cut stone except for the bell tower which is entirely made of medium and large-scale cut stone. The interior faces of the walls are rendered. The floor of the central aisle of the nave is tiled and that of the rest of the building has been concreted. The building has only one level pierced by large semi-circular bays. The bell tower has a ground floor vestibule, an intermediate level marked by a rose window and the bell chamber with triplet louvers. The nave vessels are separated by Ionic columns. The nave is ceilinged and the choir barrel-vaulted. All the roofs of the building are slate. The nave and the choir are covered by a long-span roof, the apse by a polygonal croup, the sacristy by a lean-to roof and the bell tower by a roof with a polygonal spire.