In the mediaeval period, the village of Girsby was served by All Saints' Church, Sockburn on the opposite side of the River Tees.

[3] The church is built of sandstone with a concrete tile roof.

It consists of a nave and a chancel in one unit, and a south porch.

The porch is gabled, and contains a round-arched entrance with a chamfered surround, and the windows in the church have round-arched heads.

The inside is plastered and plain, with a wall monument dating from 1788.