Dutch Reformed Church. Founded in 1812, rebuilt in 1857. Simple brick building, in plan an elongated back, with flat buttresses, pointed arch windows and roof turret. 17th century oak pulpit, bell cast in 1626, originating from the castle in Helmond.
In the period from 1648 until the French period, the Hofkerk was used by the Protestants. A period of decline for the building. The Romanesque tower and part of the church (two bays of the nave) collapsed in 1650. The tower was not rebuilt and the church was shortened by a few meters. The bell house was built in 1669 to replace the tower, in which a monumental bell from 1367 is hung. In 1798, the church was put back into use by the Catholics. Major restoration in 1888-1893 in neo-Gothic style by C. Franssen. The two bays that were lost in 1650 were rebuilt, and a new west facade was built. In almost two centuries of construction and restoration, the church grew into a beautifully decorated church.
Interesting neo-Gothic church with tower in the church village of Loo.
Roman Catholic Church of St. Willibrord. Since the renovation and extension by architect C. Franssen in 1890-99, only some masonry remains of the 15th century church, namely the 3/8 closed choir, the transept and the substructure of the tower. Bell frame with two bells by W. Kaerwas, 1478, diam. 116 and 102 cm respectively. Mechanical tower clock, Van Dorst (Gilze), 1896, electrically wound.
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