It is located in the village of Aunet, on the northern shore of the Nea River, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) west of the municipal center of Ås.

It is the main church for the Tydal parish which is part of the Stjørdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros.

The red, wooden church was originally built in a Y-shaped style in 1696 by the architect Ole Jonsen Hindrum.

After the Black Death, the population of Tydal was very low with only a handful of active farms in the whole valley.

The planks are slightly over 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) long and have a cut-through decoration and they are used to form the side pieces on a bench.

There is a choir in what was the eastern arm of the old Y-church, and this part seems to have its original ceiling height.