The church is Grade I listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as a building of outstanding architectural or historic interest.

The church was built from 1782 to 1783 by John Carr of York.

[1] It is thought to stand on, or very near to, the original site of Ossington Preceptory: a monastery of the Knights Hospitallers which was dissolved in 1534 as part of King Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries.

[2] The church has a barrel organ by Robson dating from around 1830.

It has been awarded a Historic Organ Certificate by the British Institute of Organ Studies which has awarded it a Grade I listing.