The original church at Västra Klagstorp was a Romanesque building of grey stone, dating from the 1100s and traditionally associated with the workshop of the master mason Mårten Stenmästare. By the 1880s this medieval church had fallen out of use and was largely demolished, though its stepped-gable tower was retained. In its place a new church of red brick was built, with a nave and a three-sided chancel, consecrated in 1885.
Several fragments of the earlier building survive and are displayed in the porch. These include two carved limestone lions from the 1100s, which once formed part of the church wall, and the bowl of the Romanesque font, whose base is a later addition. Together they offer a tangible link to the church's medieval origins, even though little else of the original structure remains visible today.
Inside, the altarpiece and pulpit are said to have been carved shortly before 1600 by Daniel Tommisen, giving the church a notable pre-Reformation-era decorative scheme within its otherwise nineteenth-century shell.
The church has had a series of organs over the centuries, including instruments built in 1750, 1853 and 1926, reflecting a long musical tradition. The current organ, a mechanical instrument, was built in 1975 by A. Mårtenssons Orgelfabrik of Lund.