Saint Quentin church in Mathaux

Saint Quentin in Mathaux has an original place among Champagne’s timber-frame churches. It is a unique example of an 18th century church built in a definite and coherent style inspired by religious architecture using stone.

In the shape of a Latin cross, without side-aisles and rather low, it is astonishing for its high and wide windows, its extremely exuberant transept and its solid high tower surmounted by a pyramid shaped roof and a skylight.

The absence of a porch gives the impression that they had gone out of fashion by the 18th century.

Mathaux’s other significant feature has to do with the information that has been preserved concerning how it was built. Decided on because of the dilapidated state of the previous church, the work was conducted very quickly, between the 10th August and the 23rd December 1761, the day of its consecration.

The last historical event to do with the building: the collapse in 1983 of the western sections, caused by the tower collapsing during a storm. Faithful rebuilding repaired the damage.