SAINTENY

Eglise

Eglise Saint-Pierre : the church has traces of Romanesque features on the transept walls and the piers of the crossing, built in the 13th century. Choir completely rebuilt after the savage fighting in 1944. Interesting nave on two levels. Two fonts : one medieval limestone, the other 19th century marble. Several fine examples of gold and silver plate, locked up : notably two chalices with their paten. Ciborium by Léonard-Barnabé Le barbey.
Ferme-Manoir de Verboeuf, a remarkable and charming little manor house.
Colombier du Château de Boisgrimot, a 17th century dovecot destroyed in 1944.
Ferme de la Paysanterie, the castle's farm, built in Sainteny stone.
Ferme-Manoir de Lessey : a large manor in the form of a square, made up of farm buildings on three sides and the farmhouse on the fourt. Square turret whose sides have apertures for firing arquebuses. Fine cart-shed (16/17th centuries).
Ferme-Manoir de Raffoville : small chapel with a face wall bell tower, containing a fine 17th century altar and a statue of St Ortaire. Manor on an island surrounded by a brick-lined moat, access by a stone bridge. Main facade with front door and large window decorated with fluted pilasters having Corinthian capitals of high quality.