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Detached Roman Catholic church, dated 1939 (1939 - 41), having six-bay nave elevations, four-storey square-plan tower (on square-plan) to the west, and polygonal chancel to the east end. Two-bay single-storey flat-roofed sacristy attached to the northwest end of nave having raised parapet with stepped crenellations to the corners, and gable-fronted entrance porch to the centre of the south elevation of the nave having pitched sprocketed natural slate roof. Pitched sprocketed natural slate roof to nave having cut limestone corbelled eaves course, raised verge to west gable end and a wrought-iron cross final over the east gable apex. Hipped natural slate roof to chancel having cut limestone corbelled eaves course. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Raised parapet to tower with stepped crenellations to the corners. Cut stone chimneystack to sacristy. Gently battered snecked dressed sandstone walls over chamfered dressed limestone plinth course. Flush dressed limestone quoins to the corners of nave, chancel, sacristy and tower. Recessed square-headed panels to west, north and south faces of tower above first storey level having flush limestone quoins to the corners. Cut limestone cross motif to recess at the west side of tower. Round-arched window openings with dressed limestone voussoirs and surrounds and chamfered sills, having leaded stained glass windows. Round-headed openings to tower at belfry level having dressed limestone surrounds and louvered vents. Number of square-headed window openings to tower with dressed limestone surrounds, paired round-headed window openings to sacristy. Round-arched door opening to tower (south face), and square-headed door opening to porch, having dressed limestone surrounds and timber battened doors. Set back from road in own grounds to the north of Granard. Squared rubble stone boundary wall with crenellated coping over to the road-frontage (west). Main gateway to the southwest of site, comprising a pair of gently battered dressed limestone gate piers (on square-plan) having gabled slated caps and decorative double-leaf iron gates.
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