Little is known about the church that preceded the present building, though surviving medieval fittings suggest an earlier church may have stood here as far back as the 1200s. Court records from 1693 note that a church on this site had become too dilapidated to repair, prompting the construction of the current timber church in 1694–95. In 1766 the freestanding bell tower was moved from the churchyard and joined to the church's western gable, becoming a proper bell tower.
The building has been altered more than once. A renovation in 1889–91 removed the shingle cladding and rendered the walls white, but a thorough restoration in 1953–54 returned the church closer to its earlier appearance, reinstating the shingles and red paint while tarring the roofs and tower spire. The church today consists of a rectangular nave, a three-sided chancel to the east, and a sacristy by the chancel's north wall; the western tower has a broad porch below an octagonal bell stage, topped by a steep pyramidal spire and cross.
Among the interior's most striking features are furnishings said to date from the 1200s: a triumphal crucifix mounted on the chancel wall above the altar, and a font attributed to an unknown medieval carver. The pulpit, with its sounding board, is executed in a rococo-influenced style, and a sunburst motif hangs above the baptismal altar. The gallery is decorated with images of the apostles, thought to date from the time the church was built.
The church's first organ was installed in 1865, reportedly built by a local parish clerk keen to support the church's singing; a further organ followed in 1907. The current organ, with eleven stops, was built in 1954 by a Danish organ builder and remains mechanical in action.