The current commune of Buis-sur-Damville was created in 1972 from the merger of the three communes of Boissy-sur-Damville, Créton, and Morainville-sur-Damville. The Notre-Dame de Créton church stands in the middle of the cemetery, its western facade opening onto a street in the hamlet. Of Romanesque origin, it was part of the Évreux chapter and was almost completely rebuilt in the early 16th century, as evidenced by the 1512 inscription engraved on the south wall of the choir. It forms a rectangular, flat chevet measuring 25 m by 8 m, to which a north aisle was added during the reconstruction. It is covered with an asymmetrical flat-tile roof, topped to the west by a square-based framed bell tower covered with slate.
From the original construction, some flat buttress bases and a full buttress in grison on the south side of the nave remain. The entire building features a masonry of flint rubble irregularly interspersed with grison mortar, laid with a lime and sand mortar. The west facade, made of the same material, is attractive with its grison decoration and its molded stone portal, framed by probably more recent buttresses. Two semicircular windows open in the facade wall, one in the upper part, offset from the portal, the other opposite the north aisle. The chevet retains traces of a large pointed arch opening, probably blocked during the installation of the altarpiece. In the 19th century, four brick dormers were added to the north, and the openings in the south wall were enlarged and decorated with neo-Gothic stone tracery.
The interior nave was originally covered with a paneled vault, which was replaced by a plaster vault at an unknown date. The furnishings form a cohesive ensemble, with the pulpit, the choir enclosure, and the wooden pews. The painted altarpiece above the main altar depicts the Assumption of the Virgin. Several statues are of particular interest, including a 15th-century Virgin and Child, a listed statue of Saint Mammès, and another of Saint Barbara from the 16th century. Stained-glass windows from the Duhamel-Marette workshop depicting Saint Lawrence and Saint Mamers were installed in 1886.
In 2013, the Sauvegarde de l'Art français (French Art Protection Agency) awarded €10,000 in grants for the restoration of the western façade.
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