Dieppe, Église Saint-Jacques

The oldest parts are in the transept arms with their towers to the east. Visible in the interior north transept arm is a dark triforium articulated with tightly-pointed arches assigned by some scholars to the late-twelfth century church. After the conquest of Normandy in 1204 the church was rebuilt. The choir arcade with its complex compound piers and crockety capitals comes first, from the early 13th century. The nave was constructed slowly, probably reaching the upper parts by the mid-13th century: this work is visible in the eastern bays.. Work on the western frontispiece from the 14th century appears to have been interrupted by the Hundred Years War. The central tower collapsed in 1339, prompting a radical rebuild of the adjacent bays. In the 14th (1340-46) century chapels were added between the culées of the nave: the first one from 1346 was founded by Beaudoin Eude. After the end of the Hundred Years War, in the second half of the fifteenth century, a great tower was added on the south side of the western frontispiece and the choir was refurbished with a new glazed triforium, clerestory, vaults and chapels and the crossing space was once again consolidated.