The present church was constructed between 1783 and 1787, after the neighbouring parish of Lemmeströ was merged with Börringe in 1781. The building work was overseen by Count Joachim Beck-Friis of Börringekloster manor, and the design came from Olof Tempelman, an architect and professor at the Royal Academy of Arts in Stockholm, working in a restrained neoclassical style.
The church was originally named Gustavs kyrka in honour of King Gustav III, and the combined parish was known as Gustavs socken until 1931. It replaced the older churches of Lemmeströ and Börringe, both of which had fallen out of use; their remains still stand as ruins in the surrounding landscape, offering a tangible link to the parish's earlier history.
Architecturally, the church is notable for its west tower with a hipped roof and an attached sacristy, all part of Tempelman's original design. Inside, the pulpit dates from the same period as the church itself and is richly carved, making it one of the more striking furnishings for visitors to look out for. The sandstone font is later, added in 1891.
The organ is contemporary with the building, built in 1786 by the Stockholm-based organ maker Jonas Ekengren, with an elegant case also designed by Tempelman. It underwent alterations during repairs in 1894 and 1953, which changed some of its tonal and technical character; a restoration begun in 2009 aimed to recover something closer to the instrument's original 1787 condition, though the extent of that reconstruction is not detailed in the sources available.