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The church building was designed by the Nijmegen architect Hendrik van de Leur (1898-1994). It was built by the company de Bonth-van Hulten from Nieuwkuijk. The consecration took place on 16 August 1954 by mgr. Mutsaerts, bishop of Den Bosch. The original design included two towers on the corners of the front. This was not implemented in the final version; the south work has a diagonally placed central tower as a crowning feature. In addition to the chancel, an angelus bell in a small tower. The exterior of the nave is designed as a pseudo-basilica; however, the central nave has no windows and is only a few decimetres higher than the roof of the side aisles. Internally, the nave is vaulted with a stone barrel vault, supported by brick arches. The arches rest on brick pillars with natural stone accents. Low transepts, accentuated in the interior by the use of concrete pillars.

In 1909 by Wolter te Riele (1867 - 1937). designed, in 1910-11 built neo-Gothic CROSS BASILICA, called H. Lambertus, with four-sided entrance tower and polygonal closed choir, with two ditto side chapels and baptismal chapel; adjoining each of the two transept arms a side chapel; belonging to the free-standing parsonage on the right. The tower, each provided with two elongated sound holes and a clock, is crowned by a low lantern with four corner turrets and an octagonal spire, which, like the roof turret, is covered with slates. The church, built of brick, contains pointed arch windows of various sizes with natural stone traceries and a stained glass filling, mostly with simple, geometric patterns, in the choir and transept partly with religious representations. The church is closed off by a combination of saddle, shield and lean-to roofs, covered with slates. The not completely symmetrically designed floor plan is centralising in design, with the side aisles increasing in width in leaps from the entrance and the choir flanked by two polygonal, less deeply extended side chapels; furthermore the hexagonal baptismal chapel and at the transept arms two straight-ended side chapels. The interior, executed in fair brickwork, which is plastered white around the windows and in the vault fields, is covered by net and star vaults at the wide, four-bay central nave and transept, by cross-ribbed vaults at the half-as-deep side aisles, and is divided into three aisles by round brick pillars with wide intercolumns; at the choir articulated pillars. The double-shell clerestory walls are provided with a triforium all around. The neo-Gothic interior also includes: the richly decorated altar, the wooden Marianum, the carved pulpit, supported by St. Lambertus, the painted Stations of the Cross, several colored statues of saints, as well as the confessionals. A church characteristic of the work of the late neo-Gothic architect te Riele, of centralizing design, with a striking tower and well-preserved interior, as such of importance because of its architectural-historical value.

The foundation stone was laid on 19 April 1870 and was taken into use by pastor A. Ceelen on 9 January 1873. The church was built in a simple neo-Gothic style. The architect or master builder was HC Dobbe from 's-Hertogenbosch. The basis is a three-aisled cruciform church with transept (transepts and the part in between) and a polygonal closed choir. At the front is a low porch with entrance door. The sacristy has been added on the west side and the transepts have a confessional extension on both sides. All roofs are designed as saddle roofs, only the side aisles have lean-to roofs and the current coffee room has a tent roof. All roofs are covered with slates. On the crossing, the centre of the transept, a square roof turret has been placed with a tower clock, a bell and a wrought iron cross on the spire. There are four small dormer windows in the main roof.

The Sint-Lambertuskerk is a single-nave neo-Gothic church with a facade tower. It was consecrated in 1863 and the architect was J. Werten. In 1930 the church was expanded with low side aisles. The Sacred Heart statue was also placed at that time. The organ possibly dates from 1759, and is said to have been made by Paules van Yesdonk from Gemert.

This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

Large neo-Gothic church with high tower. Main work of architect Van Aalst.

Historic church with high tower (76 m). Replaced older church. According to a memorial stone, the tower dates from 1467. The church was damaged by War in 1944. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

Sint.Lambertus, 1889-1890, by G. te Riele Wzn. Three-aisled hall church inspired by the late Lower Rhine Gothic style with slender, round pillars and cross-ribbed vaults. Choir and side aisles have three-sided closures. High tower with three niches in each facade surface and constricted spire. Neo-Gothic carved wing altar with painted shutters.

Beautiful neo-Gothic village church with neo-Romanesque elements, and with tower. There is a cemetery behind the church. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

Large church with a high tower in the centre of Etten. Main work by architect PJ van Genk, and one of his largest church buildings. The St. Lambertus church in Etten and the St. Gummarus church in Wagenberg are probably the two largest church buildings designed by PJ van Genk. The neo-Gothic cruciform basilica was built under the influence of early French and Flemish Gothic. Interior simplified in 1958. Restored in the late 2000s - early 2010s.