Church Of St Mary

SE 89 SW 3/48 10.11.53

LEVISHAM LOCKTON TO LEVISHAM LANE (south side, off) Church of Saint Mary

II*

Church. C11 chancel; nave refaced and part of chancel rebuilt C19; C19 vestry and tower of 1897. Dressed limestone on plinth; ashlar quoins to tower; nave roof of stone flags; chancel and vestry roof of pantiles. West tower; 4-bay nave; chancel and north vestry. 2-stage embattled tower on chamfered plinth has paired louvered bell openings to all faces. 3-light Perpendicular style west window beneath corbelled hood-mould with commemorative plaque below. South doorway to left of 2 pairs of trefoil- headed windows, all rebuilt. Single original lancet to chancel. Nave north wall has dwarf buttresses at each end flanking 2 pairs of rebuilt windows. Triple lancet to east end. Several fragments of carved stone said to be pre-conquest are built into the chancel south wall, and the west face of the tower. Coped gables. Interior: C11 chancel arch with square responds and imposts chamfered on lower edge. Pointed piscina in south wall of chancel, restored in C19. C19 tower arch of 2 chamfered orders, the inner one corbelled. Church redundant at the time of resurvey, and other interior fittings have been removed. The church, in its isolated position, is a remarkable survival of the medieval village of Levisham which is said to have disappeared at the time of the Black Death.

Listing NGR: SE8324990028