The Holmestrand church of 1671 is a wooden church with a nave in two of the arms and the chancel in the third. In 1764, a tower was built on the southwest arm. In 1829-30 the church was restored and received, among other things, new windows, doors, a new porch and a sacristy behind the altar.
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The church of Botne is a medieval stone church with a rectangular nave and lower, narrower choirs. In 1865, a tower was built to the west and an extension of the sacristy with a gable roof at the eastern end of the choir as well. In the 1940s, the frescoes on the north wall were updated. The frescoes probably date from two periods, the Middle Ages and the 17th century.
The Berger Church is a long church from 1895, designed by the architect Schak August Steenberg Bull, a cousin of the famous composer Edvard Grieg. The Ytre Arna Church in Bergen is a copy of the Berger Church. The churches have the same architect and date from the same period.
The church in Hillestad is a long church dating from 1724. It replaced a stave church from the Middle Ages. The tower and the sacristy were rebuilt in 1911. A large part of the inventory comes from the stave church, and a larger part is in the Oslo University Antiquities Collection.
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