Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church

Freestanding Catholic church, built c. 1898 and altered in 1998, comprising a six-bay double-height hall/nave with canted chancel to the east gable end, projecting gable-fronted single-bay single-storey entrance porch to the west gable end, and with two-bay single-storey sacristy attached to the north-east corner. Pitched natural slate roof to nave having crested clay ridge tiles, corbelled render eaves course, raised ashlar coping to gable ends (east and west) having moulded kneeler stone detailing at eaves level and wrought-iron cross finials to gable apexes. Hipped natural slate roof to chancel having crested clay ridge tiles, lead flashing, and corbelled render eaves course; pitched natural slate roof to sacristy having crested clay ridge tiles, and with rendered chimneystack to the north gable end; pitched natural slate roofs to porch to west having raised rendered coping to the verges, and with wrought-iron cross finial over gable apex. Some surviving sections of cast-iron rainwater goods. Smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walls with raised rendered plinth courses to base, and with raised rendered block-and-start quoins to the corners. Projecting moulded stringcourse to apsidal chancel. Pointed-arch window openings to side elevations of nave having chamfered smooth render reveals, render hoodmoulding over, and with leaded coloured glass. Pointed-arched window openings to the east gable end of nave having chamfered smooth render reveals and leaded coloured glass windows. Pointed-arch opening to the east side of canted apse having chamfered flush ashlar block-and-start surround and voussoirs, and with recessed panel having cinquefoil window opening with leaded stained glass window depicting the Virgin Mary; paired pointed-arch window openings to other faces of apse having chamfered reveals and leaded stained glass windows. Recessed round window opening to the west gable end having chamfered ashlar surround, sexfoil window with cut stone tracery and leaded coloured glass. Segmental-pointed/Tudoresque-arched doorway to the south face of entrance porch having battened timber double-doors, and timber panel over. Flight of steps to entrance. Square-headed window and door openings to sacristy having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and timber door with plain overlight. Partially rendered rubble stone boundary wall to road-frontage to the south having castellated stone coping over. Gateway to the south comprising a pair of squared and coursed rubble stone gate piers (on square-plan) having cut stone plinth to base, pyramidal coping over, and with a pair of wrought-iron gates having cast-iron finials over. Graveyard to site containing collection of mainly upstanding twentieth-century gravemarkers. Located in the rural countryside to the north-east of Ballyshannon and the south of Ballintra.