[3][4] By 1338, the villages of Vester- and Østerkippinge had grown up on either side of the parish church, which remained on an isolated site in the countryside.

At the beginning of the 16th century, the Crown had calling rights for the appointment of clergy similar to the English advowson.

[3] The nave, culminating in a chancel with a three-sided end, was built of red brick on a sloping plinth in the Early Gothic style c. 1300.

The west chapel, adjoining the tower, which is no doubt connected with the pilgrimages, was built slightly before the Reformation.

[3][6] The church provides excellent examples of work intricately carved by Jørgen Ringnis in the Auricular style.

The elaborately carved octagonal font and canopy are also by Ringnis (1635), the base bearing the figures of the four Evangelists.

The canopy, shaped as an octagonal lantern with arched panels as in the base, bears male and female herms.

Ringnis' pulpit (1631) is similar to that in Nakskov Church with figures of the Evangelists and of John the Baptist, Christ and Moses.

The well executed paintings present images principally from Genesis, Chapters 3 and 4, by artists from the Kippinge workshop.