The Melhus church, also known as the Gauldals Cathedral, is a stone church dating from 1892. The church is first mentioned in 1533. It is a long church which is thought to have been started just before 1150. The church was demolished in 1890, but three of the four portals were rebuilt into the present church.
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Leinstrand Church is a long church dating from 1673. The church has been rebuilt and restored several times and was given a new appearance after a restoration in 1963-64 according to the plans of John Egil Tverdahl. The burial chapel in the church cemetery was built in 1965.
Buvik Church is an octagonal church consecrated in 1823. The building was designed using the Klæbu church (built by Lars Larsen Forsæth) as a model. Both churches have the same elongated octagonal shape and are almost the same size. The church lacked a sacristy from the beginning and received one in an extension on the east side in 1978. It originally had a round dome which was destroyed by lightning in 1861 and replaced by an octagonal bell tower. The red brick roof was replaced by Alta slate in 1920.
Heimdal church was built in masonry in 1960. The architect of the church is H.Semmelmann.
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