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Freestanding Church of Ireland church, built 1828 and extended in 1890 and 1913 - 5, comprising four-bay nave, single-bay chancel to the east (added 1890) and three-stage tower (on square-plan) to the west (added 1913) having parapet with Irish-style crenellations and a pyramidal slate roof over. Single-bay porch extension to the north-east corner of nave. Pitched natural slate roofs to nave and chancel with raised render verges/coping to gable ends having kneeler stones at eaves level, cut stone eaves course, terracotta ridge tiles and remaining cast-iron rainwater goods. Pyramidal slated spire over tower having ball finial with wrought-iron finial over. Roughcast rendered walls over projecting plinth course. Smooth render stepped clasping buttresses between bays on to corners of nave and to side elevations and gable end of chancel having feathered ashlar coping over. Squared snecked rock-faced sandstone construction to tower having chamfered sandstone plinth course, flush block-and-start quoins to the corners with drafted margins, chamfered sandstone stringcourses differentiating stages, and with cut stone corbel course to base of parapet. Clock to south side of tower at second stage level; ogee-headed cut sandstone plaque over doorway having chamfered ashlar sandstone surround and inset iron commemoration plaque dated 1913. Pointed-arch window openings to sides of nave and chancel (north and south) having chamfered ashlar sandstone surrounds and diamond-pane leaded quarry glazed windows with weather glazing. Shallow pointed-arched/Tudor-arched window opening to chancel gable having chamfered ashlar sandstone surround and figurative stained glass window dated 1897. Ogee-headed window openings to tower at second stage level having chamfered ashlar sandstone surrounds; pointed-arched arched openings to tower at third stage/belfry level having chamfered ogee-headed ashlar sandstone block-and-start surrounds and timber louvers. Pointed-arch door opening to the south side of tower having staged chamfered ashlar sandstone surround and replacement timber sheet door. Set back from road in own grounds to the north of Gleann Cholm Cille/Glencolumbkille. Graveyard to site having cut stone gravemarkers (upstanding, recumbent and table-type tombs) dating from the late-eighteenth century to the late twentieth century, some with cast-iron or wrought-iron surrounds. Site surrounded by roughcast rendered rubble stone boundary wall. Gateways to the south comprising roughcast rendered gate piers (on square-plan) having metal gates. Graveyard occupies the site of ancient ecclesiastical site founded by St. Colmcille/Columbkille and contains a number of archaeological features including cross-slabs, a souterrain, and the site of an earlier church.
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