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68 —Close to the line, on the left hand, just before reaching the Liancourt station: nave, central tower, with, gabled roof, square chancel; chiefly early Pointed, though with some small round arched windows. The chancel is vaulted.

—Close to the line, on the left hand, soon after passing the Liancourt station. A central tower, externally Romanesque, but supported by pointed arches. The diagonal vaulting rib under the tower has a section that seems to belong to the thirteenth century, but this would not necessarily decide the date of the tower itself The belfry windows are double, round arched, with shafts and torus; and are sub-divided, also, into round arches, by a shaft. The tower has the gable roof. The chancel is flat, and has a very domical ribbed vaulting. The east window is a triplet of round arches. Woillez notices this church, but passes over the tower as not belonging to the "transformation Romane."

—A cross church well situated upon a wooded bank. It is seen from the line on the right hand. This is a very curious church of transitional character. The chancel, which has an aisle, is later, of geometrical Decorated. The windows of the nave, transepts, and belfry, are round-headed; the vaulting arches, and all arches of construction, are pointed, and have an early character. The nave is without aisles, and has two bays of sexpartite vaulting. The tower does not occupy the whole square of the crossing, which occasions rather a curious arrangement of the piers below. The tower-piers are clustered, the shafts having the square abacus. A part of the roof, between the tower and chancel, is the barrel vault, pointed. This church should be studied on account of the singularity of its composition. The belfry is externally pure Romanesque, and has a gabled roof. The soffit of its windows has a plain square section without torus, but it has shafts under its edges. This tower is not noticed by Woillez.