Skabersjö kyrka, in Skabersjöby in Skåne, dates back to the 12th century, when its nave, chancel and apse were built. The chancel's barrel vault is a rare survival from that period in Skåne, and the oldest of the church's three bells dates from the 14th century.
The original Romanesque church consisted simply of apse, chancel and nave. A tower was added later, and in 1745 a substantial northern extension was built. Inside, the nave has two 15th-century groin vaults, while the chancel retains its earlier barrel vault, one of only a handful of this early type still surviving in Skåne. A record from 1682 describes the building's shortcomings, noting it then had a flat, spireless tower and a porch that has since disappeared.
The 1745 extension was built as a burial chapel for the Thott family of Skabersjö, who held the right of patronage over the church. The date and the initials of Otto Thott and Christine Kaas can still be seen on the exterior. The chapel later proved too damp for the coffins and was given over to general use, prompting the Thott family to establish their own separate burial ground south of the church, where cast-iron crosses mark the family graves within a walled enclosure.
On the outside of the south nave wall is an older sundial and an elaborate gravestone commemorating the vicar Michael Petreius, who died in 1642.
The altarpiece was made in 1771 by the architect Adolf Fredrik Barnekow, brother-in-law of Count Tage Thott, replacing an earlier one installed in 1586 by a previous patron, Holger Ulfstand. The pulpit, still in place today, was installed the year before that earlier altarpiece. The font was donated to the church at Christmas 1922 by Countess Augusta Thott, and several portraits of former vicars hang on the walls.
As patron of the church, the lord of Skabersjö historically had the right to appoint its clergy. One notable incumbent, Jörgen Faxe, served as vicar from 1642 to 1681 during a turbulent period of conflict between Danish and Swedish rule; his household was plundered during the Swedish army's siege of Malmö in the 1640s, and the vicarage was later ransacked and burned by irregular forces during the Scanian War of 1676–1679. He and his family, including several children who died in infancy, are depicted on a memorial tablet inside the church.
The church also has a mechanical organ built in 1963, replacing two earlier instruments from 1815 and 1896.
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Skabersjö kyrka, in Skabersjöby in Skåne, dates back to the 12th century, when its nave, chancel and apse were built. The chancel's barrel vault is a rare survival from that period in Skåne, and the oldest of the church's three bells dates from the 14th century.
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