Standing prominently on the hillside above Robin Hood's Bay, looking out to sea, Old St Stephens dates back to the early 1800s.

Externally it looks severe and windswept; internally, it is a rare and unaltered example of a Regency/late-Georgian church furnished for the preaching of the Word - a genuine 'preaching box' that has escaped modernisation.

With galleries to the north and west, box pews below, and an excellent three-decker pulpit halfway along the south side.

The sea is a recurring theme throughout. There are memorials to the shipwrecked in the church and churchyard, a list of rescues by the lifeboat, and a model of the SS Pretoria. Rare survivals are the 'maiden's garlands', which were carried in the funeral procession of a maiden.