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Origin and history

The church of Saint-Jacques de Saint-Jacques-sur-Darnétal is the parish building of this commune of Seine-Maritime, in Normandy. It is distinguished by its composite neo-roman style and its central location, isolated on a grassed esplanade on the edge of the rue de Verdun. Today, it belongs to the parish "Saint-Jacques de Saint-Jacques-sur-Darnétal", integrated with the dean of Rouen-Nord, and serves eleven surrounding communes.

The plans of the church were drawn in 1851 by the Rouenese architect Jacques-Eugène Barthélémy, known for other achievements in Normandy, such as the Basilica Notre-Dame de Bonsecours. The building replaces an old church in the same place. Its construction took place between 1853 and 1857, the year of its consecration.

The church adopts a Latin cross plan with a registered transept and a bell tower integrated with the western facade, typical of Barthélémy's works. The nave has five spans flanked by bottoms, while the choir, semicircular, is divided into five sections. The transept, devoid of lows, and the first span of the nave form a narthex framed by two chapels.

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