The Church of San Bartolomé is one of the most important religious buildings on the island of Lanzarote. It was built at the end of the 18th century thanks to the collaboration and popular subscription led by Francisco Tomás Guerra Clavijo, who mobilized the neighborhood to raise funds. It was built about 100 or 200 meters from the place where the old hermitage was located, due to its small size.

The church has a Latin cross plan with the sacristy behind the chancel. A few years ago a new chapel was built collateral to the gospel wall with a direct door from the square. The doorway is accessed through a stone stairway with a semicircular arch and corners covered in black stone. On the cover is a small opening with a cross on which an oculus appears that currently has a stained glass window. Of the old building, only the sacristy remains, and its founder is buried in the Chapel of the Epistle.

The church's bell tower appears as a continuation of the entire stonework corner of the epistle, topped with a small dome and the top of the church with oval shapes and completely whitewashed. Like the church of Yaiza, it can be accessed through the wall of the epistle and responds to the most widespread island typology.

One of the highlights of the church of San Bartolomé is its wooden coffered ceiling, which is of great beauty and simplicity. The main nave has a gabled typology, while the presbytery and the side chapels have four glasses of water. The coffered ceiling was brought from Tenerife and was painted blue from 1901 to 1971 when the natural color of the wood was recovered.

As for the sculptural works found inside the church, the image of San Bartolomé, known as "the Cuban", which was sent from Havana in the 19th century, stands out. The saint carries a knife in his right hand and a sacred book in his left, maintaining a pleading attitude with his face slightly inclined. There is also a Crucified Christ in the church that presides over the High Altar, which is a Sevillian carving from the end of the 18th century according to Agustín de La Hoz.

In addition, the church has other images such as Nuestra Señora de Los Dolores, a candlestick image belonging to the Granada school from the late 17th century; the polychrome carvings of the Immaculate Conception and the Sacred Heart, both from the end of the 19th century; and Our Lady of Mount Carmel, which is found on the altar of the souls and was supposedly brought from Marseille at the beginning of the 20th century.

On the other hand, the church of San Bartolomé also has important pieces of goldsmithing, most of them made of silver and covered with gold plating. These pieces are a reflection of the sacred art that has developed over the centuries on the island of Lanzarote.

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