SS Conall and Mark's Church of Ireland Church — Portnoo

Freestanding Church of Ireland church, built 1825-8, comprising three-bay double-height hall with three-stage tower (on square-plan) attached to the west gable end, and with single-bay single-storey vestry attached to the south-east corner. Altered c. 1995. Pitched slate roof with ashlar eaves course brought around tower and side elevations as stringcourse, raised smooth rendered coping to gable ends, and with some surviving sections of cast-iron rainwater goods. Crenellated parapet to tower with leaded coping over, and with projecting cut stone stringcourse at eaves level. Pitched natural slate roof with clay ridge tiles to vestry to the south-east. Squared and coursed rubble stone walls with modern cement strap pointing, and with chamfered ashlar plinth course. Smooth rendered walls to the east gable end over stringcourse level (eaves), and to the south elevation of vestry. Squared and coursed rubble stone walls to tower with thin squared and coursed rubble stone pilasters to the corners, chamfered cut stone plinth course, and with cut stone stringcourses delineating stages. Pointed-arched window openings to the side elevations of nave (north and south) having stone sills, squared rubble stone voussoirs, and with replacement windows with Y-tracery. Pointed-arched window opening to the east gable end having stone sill, squared rubble stone voussoirs, timber Y-tracery, and with leaded stained glass window. Pointed-arched window opening to the north elevation of tower at ground floor\first stage level having stone sill, squared rubble stone voussoirs, ashlar surround(?) and with replacement windows with Y-tracery. Square-headed openings to the tower at belfry\second stage level having ashlar surround (?), cut stone sill, squared rubble stone voussoirs, and with timber louvered fittings. Blind roundel openings to tower at third stage level having ashlar surrounds. Square-headed doorway to the south face of tower having chamfered ashlar sandstone surround, ashlar plinth blocks, square-rubble stone voussoirs to relieving arch, and with replacement timber double doors. Square-headed openings to vestry and toilet block to the south-east having replacement fittings. Timber king roof structure and exposed rafters to interior. Set back from road in own grounds in the rural countryside to the north-west of Ardara, and overlooking Gweebara Bay adjacent to the north. Graveyard (on rectangular-plan) to site with collection of nineteenth and twentieth-century gravemarkers. Site surrounded by rubble stone boundary wall with cement rendered coping over. Gateway to the north having a pair of rubble stone gate piers (on square-plan) with pyramidal rendered coping over, and with a pair of metal gates.