Kuddby kyrka

The present building replaced a medieval stone church, whose exact building history is not fully documented. Before that older church was demolished in 1827, a survey was made recording its long nave, a spacious south transept, a west tower, and two northern extensions, one used as a sacristy, beneath a vaulted ceiling of four groin vaults.

The current church, built in the Empire style, was designed by the architect Samuel Enander and constructed by master builder Johan Holmberg, being consecrated in 1828 on the same site as its predecessor. Material from the old medieval church was reused in the new building, and parts of the old tower may survive within the present one. The church is built of stone and brick, oriented southeast to northwest to follow the hill's ridge, with a rectangular nave and a chancel of the same width, plus a tower topped by a four-sided wooden lantern.

A renovation in 1870 introduced cast-iron window frames and lightened the interior decoration, while a more thorough restoration in 1901, led by the Stockholm architect Agi Lindegren, gave the interior a Neo-Baroque character. The pulpit, which may be contemporary with the 1828 church though its date is uncertain, received imitation intarsia decoration during this restoration.

Among the church's furnishings is a brass font made in 1700 by E. Duraee, decorated with floral and fruit ornaments, which replaced an older stone font now kept at the Historical Museum. A brass crucifix from the Gusum foundry was added to the altar in 1901. Three chandeliers hang in the nave and two smaller ones in the chancel. The tower holds two bells: the larger dates from 1511 and has been recast twice, most recently in 1742, while the smaller was cast in 1669 by Petter Dand in Stockholm.

The church's pipe organ, built in 1882 by the noted Eksjö organ builders Sven and Erik Nordström, is considered a fine example of their work, valued for its craftsmanship and classically rich tone, with some features anticipating the Romantic organ style. It replaced an earlier 18th-century instrument by Jonas Gren and Petter Stråhle. Threatened with rebuilding in the early 1950s after being criticised by an organ expert, it was preserved through the intervention of Stockholm cathedral organist Gotthard Arnér and subsequently restored by the Moberg brothers of Sandviken.

In the surrounding churchyard stands a runestone by the western gate, and a burial chapel built in 1952 to designs by Kurt von Schmalensee lies near the tower. Nearby, a former parish granary from 1826, later used as a poorhouse and school workshop, now serves as a local heritage museum, and the parish rectory, a timber building from 1804, stands about two kilometres to the east.