Church Of St Mary

The Church of St Mary is a church located in Levisham. The chancel dates back to the 11th century, while the nave was refaced and part of the chancel was rebuilt in the 19th century. The church features a 19th-century vestry and a tower built in 1897. It is constructed of dressed limestone on a plinth, with ashlar quoins on the tower. The nave roof is made of stone flags, and the chancel and vestry roofs are covered with pantiles.

The church has a west tower, a four-bay nave, a chancel, and a north vestry. The two-stage embattled tower sits on a chamfered plinth and has paired louvered bell openings on all sides. Below the tower, there is a three-light Perpendicular style west window with a corbelled hood-mould and a commemorative plaque underneath. To the left of the south doorway are two pairs of trefoil-headed windows, all of which have been rebuilt. The chancel contains a single original lancet window. The north wall of the nave features dwarf buttresses at each end, flanking two pairs of rebuilt windows, and there is a triple lancet window at the east end. Several fragments of carved stone, believed to be pre-conquest, are incorporated into the south wall of the chancel and the west face of the tower. The church has coped gables.

Inside, there is an 11th-century chancel arch with square responds and imposts that are chamfered on the lower edge. A pointed piscina in the south wall of the chancel was restored in the 19th century. The tower arch, also from the 19th century, has two chamfered orders, with the inner one being corbelled. At the time of the resurvey, the church was redundant, and other interior fittings had been removed. The church stands in an isolated position and is a remarkable survival from the medieval village of Levisham, which is said to have disappeared during the Black Death.