Allerum Church (Swedish: Allerums kyrka) is a church in Allerum, in the province of Skåne, Sweden. The tower and chancel of the church are medieval, while the rest of the church was heavily rebuilt during the 18th and 19th centuries. It contains an altarpiece by artist Johan Christoffer Boklund and fragments of medieval mural paintings.
History and architecture
Allerum Church was built in the 1150s and originally consisted of a nave and a chancel with an apse. It was enlarged in the 14th century, and the tower was built during the 15th century. A church porch was built c. 1500. Only the tower and chancel remain of the medieval church. In 1767 the southern transept was built, and at that time the apse was also demolished. The northern transept was built in 1834, and the interior of the church equipped with a barrel vault. The northern church porch was also demolished. The church underwent a major renovation in 1910. During the renovation, a decorated Romanesquetympanon from the former southern portal was discovered in the vicinity of the church. It is today in the Historical Museum at Lund University in Lund.[1]
