The parish church of St. Martin in Chlewo was built in 1651 and funded by Stanisław Kobierzycki. A tower was added in 1794. Renovations were carried out in 1981-1984 and 1992. The oriented, wooden church is of log construction with a weatherboarded exterior. It has a single nave with a lower, polygonal chancel, adjoined to the north by a sacristy. A quadrangular tower with a ground-floor porch was added to the west of the nave. The lower section is of log construction with a lean-to roof connecting to the nave roof, while the upper section is narrower, of post-and-beam construction, weatherboarded, and covered with a shingled hipped roof. The date of the tower's construction—1794—is carved into the stone floor of the porch. The shingled roof over the nave and chancel also features a double-ridged roof, with a bell turret topped by a tin onion-shaped dome with a lantern. The sacristy's three-pitched roof is covered with sheet metal. The interior is vaulted with flat beams and planking. In the western part of the church, a choir loft with a bulging parapet rises on four wooden pillars. The rood beam is decorated with figures and a crucifix. The interior furnishings are Baroque. The former churchyard cemetery, lined with ash and chestnut trees, is surrounded by a brick fence with a gate.
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