The nave was destroyed in a 1678 storm, and the reconstruction in Gothic style took place between 1680 and 1700 under the direction of the architect Arnoult-Séraphin Poictevin (d. 1720).

To celebrate the church's elevation to cathedral status in 1697, Louis XIV presented the organ console in 1704.

On December 22, 2000, new stained-glass windows were dedicated, the work of the Dutch artist Jan Dibbets and the French master glass-worker Jean Mauret.

[2] The current west front, dating from the middle of the 16th century, represents a compromise between the Late Gothic and early Neoclassical styles.

The cathedral consists of a long nave with side aisles running along the north and south.

The ambulatory, which was not added until the 1860s, displays twisted pillars in a pastiche of the Louis XII style, an example of the architectural imitation that was common during the Second Empire.

The church has but one ancient chapel, dating from the 12th century, and situated to the left of the nave beneath the tower.

The cathedral contains another white marble bas-relief, called Memory and Meditation, which is the work of Louis II Lerambert and dates to 1660.

That structure is thought to have been built toward the end of the 10th century by the Counts of Blois to house the relics of Saint Solenne, Bishop of Chartres.