The precise date of the church's construction is not known but it was first documented around 1370 when it consisted of the current Romanesque nave and a smaller chancel, both built of limestone blocks.

[1] In about 1500, the tower, porch and north chapel were added with decorations consisting of belts of brick and limestone.

After Steward of the Realm Peder Oxe had built nearby Gisselfeld Manor in 1556, he received Braaby Church as a gift from King Christian III.

The cornice bears 14 ancestral arms with an inscription stating: "The nobleman Adam Levith Knuth of Gisselfeld and Assendrup who was born 1 March 1648 in Meklenburg and died 13 January 1699 has completed this tomb and memorial for his soul's eternal rest and his corporal remains."

[3] Below the memorial windows, there is a carved depiction of a young woman with wavy hair sitting in a wooded landscape.

A batch of letters was found in her coffin which might explain why they never married but out of respect for the deceased they have not been read.