The church was built in 1653, its original structure forming the present chancel and nave. A west tower was added in 1676, and in 1776 a north transept was built, complete with pews and a gallery; to make room for it, the sacristy was moved from the north side to its current position east of the chancel. In 1853 the church was extended westward, adding the present porch beside the tower, and the north transept was also lengthened.
The building rests on a natural stone foundation and is constructed of horizontal log timber, with exterior walls clad in red-painted wooden shingles. The nave has a saddle roof covered in tarred wooden shingles, while the west tower is set into the roofline of the nave itself. Its tall octagonal spire is shingle-clad and topped with a gilded cockerel weathervane.
Several of the church's furnishings came originally from Norra Råda kyrka. The altarpiece dates from 1680 and was moved to Sunnemo in the eighteenth century, while the pulpit, made in the seventeenth century, arrived somewhat later, in the 1750s. The wooden font was designed by the architect Tor Engloo and made in 1935.
An organ built in 1853 by Nils Melanoz of Östra Ämtervik parish once served the church, with five stops. It was replaced in 1935 by the present pneumatic organ, built by Setterquist & Son, which includes a crescendo swell affecting the whole instrument.