Church of Saint-Côme-Saint-Damien in Neufmanil

The church of Saint-Côme-Saint-Damien, located in the centre of the village with a south-facing chancel, was built between 1779 and 1780, based on a design dating from 1774. The bell tower bears the date 1779, and an inscription from 1830 on a pillar appears to mark the opening of an arcade linking the bell tower to the font chapel. The parish is mentioned before 1312, and the old church, 17 metres long, had two chapels added in the 18th century.
The current church, with its elongated plan, comprises a five-bay nave with three aisles, preceded by a west aisle with the bell tower, framed by the font chapel and a wooden staircase. The choir consists of a straight bay framed by sacristies and a cul-de-four apse. Built of schist and quartzite rubble, with elements of Dom-le-Mesnil ashlar, the church has a floor of Saint-Laurent flagstones in the nave and a checkerboard pattern of black and grey marble in the chancel. The walls, plastered on the inside, are pierced with semi-circular bays.
The ordered west facade features a semi-circular portal framed by Tuscan pilasters, bays and a polygonal spire on the bell tower. The nave is covered by a segmental barrel vault supported by Tuscan columns, the side aisles by depressed barrel vaults and the apse by a barrel vault. The church is entirely covered in slate with long-sloped roofs, hipped roofs over the sacristies and a round hipped roof over the apse.