"This ruin is all that remains of the original Parish Church at Stalling Busk. It dates from around 1722, although some of the structure incorporates stonework from an earlier church on the site dating from 1602 - 1603. The interior of the church is divided by two arcades which run north-south rather than follow the usual plan of east-west alignment. These arcades probably date from the early nineteenth century. The church was still in use in the early twentieth century, but it was in a poor state of repair. When the new church of St. Mathews was built in the village of Stalling Busk in 1908-09, the Old Church fell into disuse and was soon stripped of its roof and furnishings.
Some consolidation work was carried out in 1981, when the alter was also rebuilt in its present position against the north wall rather than in its original position in the east aisle. Further restoration was then undertaken in 2000.

In its early years this building was a chapel of ease. Stalling Busk became a perpetual curacy in the 1750s and a fully independent ecclesiastical parish in the 1860s."