It is the church for the Kjose parish which is part of the Larvik prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Tunsberg.

The building had a main entrance and church porch on the west end.

The new church was built during the summer of 1850 with Anders Tollefsen Bonnegolt and Mikkel Tangane as builders.

The new building was a small, neo-Gothic, long church was built using log construction with external wood paneled siding.

Initially there was no sacristy but there was a small separate area in the chancel for the priest to use.