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Freestanding cruciform-plan Gothic–Revival Roman Catholic church, built 1862-3, oriented east-west with main west entrance elevation to rear and chancel elevation to front having recent lean-to entrance porch east of south transept and unfinished square-profile tower to north of chancel. Single-bay transepts, side aisles with gabled bays, sacristy to south-west. Interior renovated and reordered c.1975. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles and ashlar limestone barge stones with corbelled kneelers and gablets, hipped slate roof to narthex projections. Copper domed roof to tower surmounted by metal cross. Sections of cast-iron rainwater goods. Squared and coursed rubble sandstone and limestone walls with ashlar dressings including buttresses, corner stones, string courses and chamfered plinth. Pointed arch window openings with relieving arches having voussoirs of alternating coloured stone, chamfered stone reveals and sills, and plate traceries pierced by paired trefoil-headed lights with multifoil roundels between. Large pointed arch chancel window with elaborate moulded tracery in Decorated style. Pointed arch clerestorey openings with colonettes and plate tracery pierced by three roundels. Three equal-sized lancet windows to main west elevation. Pointed arch door openings with carved stone surrounds having colonettes to main west entrance, trefoil-headed door to tower, shouldered-arched recent door openings. Three-stage tower with parapet on corbelled string course, paired louvred belfry openings with trefoil heads to each face of upper stage, small square-headed window to middle stage, ground level stage of random polygonal masonry up to ashlar stone frieze having Latin inscription commemorating construction of church over high stepped and chamfered plinth. Stained glass windows by Messrs. Casey of Dublin. Timber sheeted double leaf door to main entrance and sheeted timber door to tower. Full-height interior with open roof having cast-iron trusses to central and side aisles, pointed arch arcade to side aisles having marble column shafts with foliate capitals, timber gallery over entrance end of nave, replacement timber pews, carved stone baptismal font, Gothic-style white marble faced altar, lectern and reredos. Enclosed by low rubble-stone wall with cut-stone coping. Ruins of earlier stone church, built c.1790 in graveyard to south.
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