The church was built of brick in Romanesque style, probably towards the end of the 12th century, making it one of the older surviving church buildings in the area. A sacristy was added in the 14th century, and the present vaulted ceiling is thought to date from the early 15th century.
Around 1460 the vaults were decorated with wall paintings attributed to the so-called Vittskövle Master, Nils Håkansson of Vadstena. Among the images in the chancel is a depiction of a nyckelharpa, said to be one of the earliest known visual sources for this traditional Swedish stringed instrument. The paintings, together with two round-arched Romanesque windows above the altar, were uncovered during a restoration in the 1950s, having presumably been hidden or obscured for a long period beforehand.
Several furnishings reward a closer look. The richly carved pulpit is a Renaissance work dated to 1633. The wooden font, carved in 1705 by Petter Norrman of Kristianstad, is paired with a brass christening dish from the late 16th century. A gilded silver communion vessel from 1530 is said to be the oldest surviving silver object in Skåne, though visitors should treat such regional superlatives with some caution. A fresco on the chancel wall was painted in 1950–52 by the artist Pär Siegård.
The church has had at least two organs: one built in 1879 by Anders Victor Lundahl of Malmö, and the current mechanical organ built in 1963 by A. Mårtenssons Orgelfabrik of Lund.