The tower of the old church building remains in the churchyard – the doorway and lower half date to the 12th century.

[4] The oldest gravestones in the churchyard lie on the site of the demolished nave and chancel and include tombs of the Heskeths and Yarburghs of Heslington Hall.

The first incumbent was Robert Crosthwaite, who would later be appointed as inaugural Bishop of Beverley, and to whom a memorial plaque may be found in the church's sanctuary.

Much of the stained glass was produced by the Knowles family of Stonegate, including the recently restored east window.

[9] There is a very unusual and large art deco First World War memorial window depicting the Somme battlefield, the city of York, and a knight and grail cup, designed in 1929 by Joan Fulleylove.

[12] The church has a large Community Hall, built on the former site of a line of cottages belonging to the Vicars Choral of York Minster in 1935.

[17] During 2016 and 2017 the church underwent a major building project which included the installation of a new heating system, significant re-wiring and lighting costing in excess of £200,000.

[18] In conjunction with the York Civic Trust the Vicar and Churchwardens are working on an extensive churchyard improvement project which will look to address parking, lighting, the footprint of the medieval church and the boundary walls.

[19] The church has links with the York Normandy Veterans' group, and in 2021 installed a newly designed memorial window on the Western wall of the tower lanai, created by Helen Whittaker of Barley Studios.

[20] In September 2023, York CAMRA held their annual beer festival in the church and hall, with great success.

Adam Romanis, St Lawrence's have hosted a wide range of guest preachers at term-time solemn Evensong.