The spire is a remnant of the previous 16th-century church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

There is polychrome decoration dating from the end of the 18th century, which features figurative, vegetative and geometric motifs.

On the chancel ceiling you can see a painting of The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, while in the nave there is The Transfiguration of Our Lord on Mount Tabor.

On 24 November 1944 two trains (one German with military cargo, and one Polish) traveling at regular speeds collided head-on in Barwałd Średni.

It was the biggest train collision of World War II in occupied Poland with both locomotives and nearly half of their trainsets destroyed completely.