Christ Church Waltham Cross

Christ Church, formerly known as Holy Trinity, is a building shared by the Methodist Church and the Church of England. It was constructed between 1831 and 1832 by E. Blore, with the eastern parts remodeled in 1914 by Ayres and a porch added in 1934. The church is built of yellow stock brick with stone dressings and features a slate roof. It is a plain version of the Perpendicular style. The symmetrical west front has three bays, with a taller gabled center and two octagonal turrets topped with stone finials. There is a three-light arched window and an early 20th-century belfry. The side elevations include single-light, transomed lancets and stepped clasp buttresses, along with a stone-capped plinth. The side walls are adorned with crenellated parapets and two-light windows divided by transoms, featuring a continuous hood mould and sill course. Inside, the nave is undivided with an open trussed roof, while the eastern end is finished in plaster with stone dressings. There are two moulded chancel arches without imposts, narrow aisles with vaulted arches at right angles, a traceried stone front on the south side of the nave, and a traceried wooden octagonal pulpit on the north side.