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Freestanding Catholic church, dated 1845 and altered c. 1912, comprising five-bay double-height hall having clasping diagonally-set stepped ashlar/cut stone buttresses to corners at either end (east and west) having ashlar pinnacles over, and having four stage tower attached to the entrance gable (west) with clasping diagonally-set stepped ashlar buttresses to corners rising to cut stone pinnacles at parapet level, and with gabled parapet detail. Pitched natural slate roof with moulded cut stone eaves course, raised cut stone coping/verges to gable ends, cut stone cross finial over west gable end and to the front face (west) of parapet to tower, and some remaining cast-iron rainwater goods. Ashlar limestone construction to front elevation/entrance gable (west) with roughly coursed and squared limestone rubble stone construction to other elevations. Engraved sandstone date plaque over main doorway to second stage of tower. Cut stone stringcourses to tower, delineating stages. Chamfered cut stone plinth to front elevation. Pointed-arched window openings to side elevations of nave (north and south), to entrance front (west), and to chancel gable (east) at lower level (now blocked) having chamfered ashlar limestone surrounds, hoodmouldings with decorative label stops, and leaded and stained glass windows. Three graded pointed-arched openings to chancel gable having cut stone tracery, cut stone surrounds, cut stone hoodmouldings with decorative label stops, dressed ashlar voussoirs over, and stained glass windows. Continuous cut stone sill courses. Quatrefoil opening to chancel (east) gable apex having chamfered moulded cut stone surround and timber louvers. Open pointed-arched openings to tower at belfry (fourth stage level) having cut stone surrounds and cut stone hoodmouldings with decorative label stops. Quatrefoil opening to front face of tower (west) at third stage level having chamfered moulded cut stone surround and quatrefoil window; raised ashlar limestone cross motifs to side elevations of tower at third stage level. Three pointed-arched door openings to the west elevation having with splayed ashlar limestone reveals, cut stone hoodmouldings with decorative label stops, ashlar relieving arches, timber boarded double-doors with decorative wrought-iron hinges, and overlights with stained glass windows. Flight of steps to central entrance to west. Flat ceiling to interior with moulded stucco/plaster coffers, gallery over entrance to the west end supported on timber columns and having moulded timber balustrade with recessed pointed-arch motifs, geometric polychromatic encaustic tiled floor, marble altar goods, and with stucco ogee-headed moulding to the chancel gable wall. Five-bay single-storey building attached to the east end of the north elevation having gable-fronted porch to the front elevation (west), pitched natural slate roof, and square-headed openings with replacement fittings. Set back from road in elevated site to the north of Ballintra. Graveyard to site with collection of gravemarkers dating from the late-nineteenth century. Site surrounded by rubble stone boundary wall having roughly dressed stone coping over to wall to the west and with soldier coursed coping to wall to south. Modern gateway to entrance having contemporary steel gates mounted on random rubble piers; iron turnstile to the west.
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