Sagfjord Church was built using materials from the old church at Presteid. This was a church with a cruciform plan dating from the eighteenth century. The cladding of the nave, choir and sacristy at Sagfjord Church consists of strong, broad horizontal panels from the eighteenth-century church. In the middle of the long wall there are plank carriages marked in the form of reliefs, which break up the plain expanse of wall. A timber’s length from the choir section of the church was too short for the whole length of the nave, so it was necessary to install two and support them with plank carriages in the middle of the long wall. This is one of the constructive elements that has also served a decorative function.

The row of windows serves to emphasize the horizontal direction of the building. The tower provides a contrast to this movement, with its dominant size and its vertical axis up through the steeple and spire. Unlike the rest of the building, all the materials in the tower was new. This was built in half-timbering and has empire windows from 1886, which are distinct from the old ones in having fewer and larger window-panes. In line with the fashion of the end of the nineteenth century, the church was painted white. But on the panel cladding where the whitewash has flaked off it is still possible to see the rust-coloured paint that covered the old church at Presteid.