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Detached Church of Ireland church built c. 1830 having shallow projecting chancel to the west, projecting single-bay gable-fronted entrance porch to the centre of the entrance gable (west), cut stone bellcote over the entrance gable (west) and with vestry attached to the south-west side of chancel. Pitched artificial slate roof (fibre-cement) with raised cut stone coping to the west gable end and with cut stone bellcote to entrance gable (west) having chamfered corners and surmounted by cut stone fluer-de-lys finial. Pitched natural slate roof to porch having decorative pierced terracotta ridge cresting, and with raised coping to west gable end having gabled kneeler stones at eaves level and fleur-de-lys finial over the gable apex. Pitched artificial slate roof to vestry having raised coping to the east gable end having gabled kneeler stones at eaves level and fleur-de-lys finial over the gable apex. Smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walls to west elevation, roughcast rendered to the north and south elevations, and smooth cement rendered walls to the east elevation/chancel. Chamfered ashlar sandstone plinth to west elevation, smooth rendered plinth course to the north and south elevations. Stepped clasping buttresses to corners of porch. Pointed-arch window openings to side elevations of nave (north and south) having plain ashlar sandstones surrounds, dressed ashlar sandstone sills, and replacement windows. Three-graded pointed-arch window openings to the chancel gable (east) having leaded stained glass windows. Blind narrow pointed-arched openings to either side of porch to front elevation (west) having chamfered ashlar sandstone surrounds; pointed-arched window opening over porch to front elevation having chamfered ashlar reveal, replacement window fittings, and with hoodmoulding over. Paired pointed-arched window openings to the side elevations of porch (north and south) having chamfered reveals and leaded coloured glass windows. Pointed-arched door opening to the front face of porch (west) having chamfered ashlar sandstone surrounds, chamfered ashlar plinth blocks, replacement timber double-doors, overlight with leaded coloured glass, and with hoodmoulding over. Set back from road in own grounds to the north/north-west of Ballyshannon with graveyard to site with cut stone gravemarkers to the west, north and south of church. Smooth rendered ruled-and-lined boundary wall to the road-frontage to the west; rubble stone boundary walls to north, south and east of site. Gateway to the west comprising a pair of smooth rendered ruled-and-lined gat piers (on square-plan) having wrought-iron gates with central cross finial. Single-arch bridge over small stream to the west of site having rendered parapets and rubble stone voussoirs to arch. Rubble stone outbuilding to the north-west corner of site having mono-pitched corrugated-metal roof.
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