CHURCH OF ST MARY
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1280303
- Date first listed:
- 10-Nov-1953
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY, LOCKTON TO LEVISHAM ROAD
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY, LOCKTON TO LEVISHAM ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- North Yorkshire
- District:
- Ryedale (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Levisham
- National Park:
- NORTH YORK MOORS
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 83242 90030
Details
LEVISHAM LOCKTON TO LEVISHAM LANE
SE 89 SW
(south side, off)
3/48 Church of Saint Mary
10.11.53
- 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: SE8324290030
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 329666
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing
