[4][5] The church's clock tower serves as a lighthouse to guide the ships to the port through an opening in the reef.

The church, presbytery, and its detached tower were built by Father Louyot in traditional Gothic Revival architecture.

The church is laid out in the form of a Latin Cross with the weatherboard structure, measuring 60 by 24 feet (18.3 m × 7.3 m), able to accommodate 250 people.

[8] The 80-foot (24 m) high tower, square in shape, is constructed from stone masonry and measures 13 by 13 feet (4.0 m × 4.0 m).

[5][9] The church was built in 1858 by the Marist Fathers as a part of the Presbytery of the Sacred Heart Mission, in Levuka, which was the first historical capital of Fiji during British colonial rule.