It lies to the north of the village of Brough, on the southern part of a promontory known as Kirk Ness, connected to the mainland by a neck of land.

The kirk is on the site of an earlier church (1733), apparently a simple T-shaped construction with arched doors and a galleried interior.

The church was remodelled in 1867, in fieldstone with sandstone trimmings, as a galleried hall with a two-storey northern wing.

[5] The interior is fitted with 19th-century wainscoting, horizontally boarded pews, a gallery, and a panelled pulpit on the north side accessed by stairs.

The pillars are also made of cement concrete with pyramidal caps fitted with wrought-iron gate which is embedded with medallions.