The church is thought to date from around the mid-12th century, with sources suggesting it may have been built by the stonemason Carl, working in the Romanesque style. A tower and porch were added later. The long, high nave and chancel are covered by massive limestone barrel vaults, and small round-arched windows and doorways survive on the north and south sides, along with traces of a broad west tower. Local tradition holds that the church was constructed from stone and lime quarried at nearby Komstad, with rubble packed above the vaults to bring the roof to its required height, topped with large flat stone slabs; the roof construction can still be seen from above the vaulting.
Inside, medieval wall paintings survive that may possibly be the work of the so-called Bjäresjö Master, an anonymous painter associated with several Skåne churches. Among the church's furnishings is a sandstone font dating from the 1100s, one of the oldest objects in the building. A striking altarpiece from 1618 has a heavily and richly carved upper section, while its lower part shows a Last Supper scene flanked by columns, with painted evangelists arranged in two rows. The pulpit, with an elaborately worked canopy, is thought to be of a similar date to the altarpiece.
A small bell cast in 1755 by the Malmö founder Andreas Wetterholtz is preserved in the church, though it is not currently hung. Near the entrance, visitors can see the remains of a stocks once used to restrain those who disturbed the peace of the church, were found drunk, blasphemed or otherwise offended against parish morals during services; the device held both hands and feet.
The present organ was built in 1915 by A. Magnussons Orgelbyggeri of Gothenburg, with mechanical action and a pneumatic wind-chest.