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Parish Church of:
Levan, St
The church of St Levan, situated in a secluded dell opening to the sea at Portchapel, is a plain building of granite in the Late Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave of four bays, south aisle, north transept, south porch and an embattled western tower with pinnacles, containing 3 bells: the screen, restored in 1885, retains some fragments of old oak carving, and there are a number of curiously carved bench ends, one of which has a figure of a jester in cap and bells: the piscine and rood stairs remain and in the south porch is a singular square stoup; the east window is stained: the church was thoroughly restored in 1876, and has sittings for 250 persons: in the churchyard is an ancient cross, about 7 feet high on a round base, the head of which bears a rude carving of the “Crucufuxion” on the churchyard wall is the round head of another, and a third stands in an adjoining field; at the north and east entrances to the churchyard re the old lynch
stones used as a resting place for the funerals. The register dates from the year 1700.
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