The church of Sande is a medieval stone church with a rectangular nave and a narrower, lower but elongated choir. The church is first mentioned in 1387. In 1783 the church burnt down and apparently, only the walls remained. During the next eight years, the church was rebuilt.
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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.
The church in Hof is a medieval stone church built in 1150. In the 1600's a sacristy was built at the eastern end of the choir and in 1815 it was given a porch on the west side. The choir was originally smaller than it is today, and the windows in the south wall were enlarged and added in the 17th century. In 1940, the church was restored and the gallery on the north wall was removed and replaced by a two-storey gallery on the west wall.
Eidsfoss Church was built in 1904 from wood with vertical planks. The exterior of the church gives the impression of being a cruciform church with a tower above the centre. Inside, it is a long church with narrower choirs where the arms of the cross house sacristies with galleries above.
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