The original Broby church was a Romanesque medieval building constructed entirely of sandstone, with a vaulted entrance later replaced by stone posts. Two of its bells, cast in 1687 and 1751, are said to survive. An account from 1692 describes the seating arrangements inside, with separate rows for men and women and standing room for servants and soldiers.
In 1759 a royal letter reportedly ordered the recently renovated church to be demolished, though this did not happen at the time. The building was eventually restored in 1819, but was struck by lightning and damaged by fire almost as soon as the work was finished. For financial reasons, Broby was then united with the neighbouring Källby parish, its furnishings moved to Källby church, and most of the old building demolished. Only the porch was kept, extended with a bell turret, and preserved as a mortuary chapel known locally as "Broby stapel".
Over the following century this small structure had a varied life: used mainly as a mortuary chapel from 1819, converted into a school by local villagers in 1876, returned to use as a mortuary chapel after a new school was built in 1916, and finally restored as a place of worship in 1929–30 under architect F. Nordin, when it was reconsecrated by Bishop Hjalmar Danell. Further renovations followed in 1955 and 1972, and the chapel's current interior dates from a restoration in 2008. The present worship space is, in effect, the original medieval porch of the first church on the site, giving Broby kapell an unusually direct link to its 12th-century origins.
Inside, the octagonal oak font dates from 1930, the same year the chapel is thought to have acquired its 13-stop organ harmonium, built by Östlind & Almqvist. A light oak ambo was added in 2004. Among the older furnishings are a medieval incense burner and an 18th-century wooden chandelier, alongside candle-holders made locally in 2010.
With seating for only around 30 people, Broby kapell remains an intimate space, still used for small-scale church services such as baptisms, weddings and funerals.