Our Blog - August 2025 - England trip - Levroux, France

Most of our trips are very well planned, so we don't really have much of an opportunity to see a sign on the road and deviate to go see something different. It was a bit sunnier than we wanted for a walk in a field with Lucy and Tom had seen a sign along the road advertising the village of Levroux as a "Petite Village of Character". With that, we popped off the highway and headed there. I must admit, I didn't really find much character here.

There was a sculpture called The Lying Shepherd, done by a local sculptor named Ernest Nivet. He worked in the workshop of the famous artist Auguste Rodin from 1891 to 1895 in Paris. A plaster work of this sculpture was exhibited in Paris in 1906 and then this stone version was done in the 1930's.

The Town Hall, built in 1859, is in a neo-Gothic style.

Saint-Sylvain collegiate church dates back to the 13th century. Although built around a Romanesque porch, the monument exhibits a refined Gothic style. The Gothic main portal has a sculpted tympanum representing the Last Judgement.

Here you can see the very tall Gothic arches and vaulted ceilings with side chapels.

The first chapel is the Chapel of Saint Roch, which contains a sarcophagus from the Middle Ages (around the 7th century) that was discovered in 1981.

Another side chapel, this one the Sacred Heart Chapel, with a mural showing the Crucifixion, done in 1901.

In the choir, the carved wooden stalls have very interesting little faces on the arm rests.

Then the main altar in an apse, again with the ribbed Gothic vaults.

One last chapel, this one the 16th century Chapel of the Apostles. The stained-glass windows show Saint Aurelie and Saint Vaast, dating from 1876. On either side of the windows are statues of the apostles. They were damaged during the Wars of Religion and redone in 1896 but the niches that they are in are Renaissance.

This is St James's House, also known just as The Wooden House. It was built from 1492 to 1495 and is a typical half-timbered house of the area. The corner posts and above the doors are are highly decorated.